Excessive Sweating Treatment

Excessive Sweating Treatment
Excessive sweating otherwise known as Hyperhidrosis is a
condition where parts of your body sweat beyond what is
necessary. Excessive Sweating is usually inherited and most
often affects those on an emotional, social and functional
level. Depending on the severity of your sweating problem
there are numerous ways to combat it.

Without getting too technical excessive sweating is caused
by the sympathetic nervous system. It is a part of our
autonomous nervous system which we have no control over. It
affects blood pressure, heart rate, anxiety level and many
other functions.

Though metabolic neurologic and other systemic diseases can
in some cases trigger excessive sweating, usually these
cases occur in those that are otherwise healthy. Emotions
or heat may sometimes cause hyperhidrosis but many who
suffer cannot stop sweating, regardless of the weather or
their emotions.

The area of sweating can be general where excessive
sweating is experienced over the whole body or more focal
sweating where it is seen in areas such as the hands,
armpits, the feet or the face.

Hand Sweating medically known as Palmar Hyperhidrosis is
the most widespread form of excessive sweating by far. It
appears to be genetically related with about half of all
patients having a family history of the condition. Those
who suffer from Palmar Hyperhidrosis usually start doing so
at a very young age most notably in grade school. This is
the one that most often affects people on a functional
level making it difficult to use a pen, shake hands or even
hold a car steering wheel.

There are many methods being used to treat cases of profuse
sweating including oral medications, lotions and injections
of botox just to name a few. Alternative therapies are also
very popular as they are inexpensive, non invasive,
uncomplicated and do not carry the potential side effects
that surgery and medication do.

For many sweating is embarrassing, it stains clothes, makes
business and social interactions uncomfortable and
sometimes can ruin a romance. In more severe instances it
can also have practical consequences such as the inability
to grip a car steering wheel, use a pen or shake someone's
hand.

Important Facts:

- Hyperhidrosis affects without regard to race or gender

- Between 1% and 2% of the population is affected with
Hyperhidrosis

- Sweaty hands impact patients socially, functionally and
emotionally more than any other area

- There is much evidence to support that hyperhidrosis is
genetic

- Junior High is most often when hyperhidrosis appears

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Excessive Sweating Treatment Org offers resources to stop
the sweating of those affected with mild to severe cases of
Hyperhidrosis. Visit
http://www.ExcessiveSweatingTreatment.org