Excessive sweating of the feet is linked to your genetics, but you can take some easy precautions to prevent the problem from becoming an embarrassing one. It may have happened to you before – when the weather turns warmer, your feet start sweating profusely. You need to air them out many times a day and stop wearing socks for a while. The sweating stops with the turn of the weather – but what if it doesn’t? What if your feet sweat all the time, irrespective of the season? Some people have excessive foot perspiration at all times, and the condition gets heightened when one is under stress, or if the weather is warm, or if one is wearing closed shoes. The perspiration can be so excessive in some cases, that the feet may slip around inside the shoes! This is a condition known as ‘hyperhidrosis’, and it is often an inherited one. Those suffering from hyperhidrosis also report heavy sweating of the palms, the face, underarms and scalp. It is best to seek your doctor’s h...