Frequenty Asked Questions about Excessive Sweating

What is Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)?

When a person suffers from Hyperhidrosis, they experience an over production of sweat on their Hand, underarms, feet and face. Depending on the type of Hyperhidrosis, it can be referred to as plantar hyperhidrosis for the feet or pamlar hyperhidrosis for the hands. If it occurs in the armpits then that is called axillary Hyperhidrosis. Facial hyperhidrosis occurs on the face.

This effects over 2% of the population in the United States.

What are some non-surgical treatments?

If you are suffering from Hyperhidrosis, you have a few non-surgical treatment that are effective. In fact, there are also some homeopath approaches that you can use as well. There are some creams and other hemopath remedies that help relieve symptoms of excessive sweat sufferers.

Is Hyperhidrosis Permanent?

Typically, the patient is able to control Hyperhidrosis through different treatments, but overall its is a life long condition. As time goes on, the gene that causes the Hyperhidrosis in people seems to weaken and the condition finds itself gone. This can happen but it is rare.

Its always best to speak to your medical physician for consultation. If Hyperhidrosis life threatening? No, it is a benign condition and has not been shown to shorten life span of patients.

Also, it does not contribute to any other ailments.

Can you pass on hyperhidrosis to offspring?

There is a good chance that this gene is passed on to offspring as studies have shown that almost half of the cases have some sort of relationship in the family history. So yes, if can be passed on.

Sometimes, there could be no family history of this, yet it occurs in some patients. Also, keep in mind, that hyperhidrosis can be triggered by some other medial condition.

Menopause, Panic Attacks and Thyroid problems can contribute to the manifestation of hyperhidrosis in people. But in these cases, sweat is present in other parts of the body, like back and chest.

Sweating during sleep or at night can be symptoms of tuberculosis.

My Current Physician is not familiar with Hyperhidrosis.

You can speak to your doctor for a referral. There are specialist in the field that can better explain in detail your surgical and non-surgical options.