What are some ways to cure Hyperhidrosis?
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably. People with hyperhidrosis can sweat even when the temperature is cool, and when they are at rest. Are they’re anyways to cure it or control it?
Idiopathic hyperhidrosis can lead to significant social and employment distress. While many effective therapies exist, they are often associated with difficult side effects.
Most commercially available over-the-counter antiperspirants contain a low-dose metal salt (usually aluminum) that physically obstructs the opening of sweat gland ducts. These over-the-counter products are only successful in treating patients with very mild symptoms.
In patients who do not respond to over-the-counter antiperspirants, prescription strength antiperspirants such as 20 percent aluminum chloride in ethanol (Drysol) or 6.25 percent aluminum tetrachloride (Xerac) may provide adequate therapy for patients with mild to moderate axillary, palmar, or plantar hyperhidrosis.
Prescription strength antiperspirants should be applied nightly until improvement is noted; significant improvement may be noted within one week. The interval between applications can then be gradually lengthened, with once weekly applications typically needed for maintenance therapy.
Unfortunately, treatment with strong antiperspirants is often limited by skin irritation (especially in the axillary region). To reduce the risk of irritation, these products should be applied to dry skin between episodes of sweating. Ideally, it should be applied at bedtime when idiopathic hyperhidrosis is at a minimum and washed off in the morning.
Others have recommended using a hair dryer to quickly dry the application, or to use baking soda powder in the morning to neutralize any remaining aluminum chloride.
Low potency corticosteroid creams (such as 2.5 percent hydrocortisone cream) can help alleviate the axillary irritation that frequently occurs.
Other, more drastic modes of therapy are available.
If you want more information, you should go see your physician.
Best of luck.
-random physician
oh i think i have that. my hands and feet sweat all of the time. they are sweating now! i think there is a surgery that they cut a nerve in your chest. if you have it GOOD LUCK and i hope they cure you!