Hyperhidrosis

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• What is excessive sweating in any part of the body.
• Treatments: antiperspirants, Botulinum toxin, iontophoresis and sympathectomy.
• Check: the dermatologist is who advise the most appropriate treatment.

Is there a solution ?

There are treatments for hyperhidrosis:

• Antiperspirants: Antiperspirants topical cream, spray or roll-on are usually the first treatment that patients try. They are very similar to each other, as they all contain a variable concentration of aluminum hydroxide. Hyperhidrosis controlled to some extent, and have a rebound effect when longer apply.
• Iontophoresis is to treat the area that sweats with an apparatus using electric current. It takes time, because the patient has to undergo treatment in a very steady, and the warm periods of the year to do it almost every day. These devices can be expensive, and can not guarantee the success of treatment in all patients.
• Botulism toxin’s known, that the public knows that it is used to treat wrinkles, can be used to treat hyperhidrosis. If injected in areas sweat excessively, is able to paralyze the sweat glands and make the area stop sweating. Treatment is expensive and generally not covered by public medicine.
• Sympathectomy is an operation to be performed under general anesthesia. Consists thoracoscopic access to the nerves that control sweating in the hands and block them not stimulate the sweat glands. Like any surgery, can have its risks and complications. The main one is that some patients rebound sweating in some other part of the body when the sweat hangs in an area of the skin. An obvious drawback of this operation is that only serves to treat sweaty hands.

Hyperhidrosis treatment

Initially the patient should go to a dermatologist to explain the best options for your particular case. Some dermatologists perform treatment with botulinum toxin. However, the practice sympathectomy thoracic surgeons.