Excessive sweating in palms and feet, also known as sweaty hands and feet can cause disruption to normal day to day life. This problem also causes social embarrassment. Only a proper treatment for this problem will allow you to do day to day critical activities like driving, jogging, lifting objects, writing etc. There are many options for treating this problem. This includes endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) surgical process.
If you have very mild severity sweaty hands and feet you can try solving the problem by using drysol and drionic. For slightly more severe cases you can always try a product that is slightly stronger in terms of concentration of aluminum chloride. Some of the products may require a doctor’s prescription.
For moderate severity sweating you have the option of botox injections. These are not very expensive. However you will have to repeat the treatment after every 6 months.
Another treatment for sweaty hands and feet is iontophoresis. This technique uses exchange of electrical charge between the skin on your hands and feet and a tray having water with some salts. A mild electrical current is passed through the water. When exchange of charge between the water and the skin in your hands and feet happens it results in thickening of the skin. This process will help to block the sweat glands. You will have to immerse your hands and feet in the water tray for about 30 minutes everyday for a week.
The iontophoresis treatment has been fairly successful and is not very expensive. This process can be done by a doctor or you can buy the machine and do it yourself. This treatment requires to be done once every 10 days after the initial treatment for 7-10 days.
If none of the treatments work then surgery is the only option for this problem. However the Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy surgery works well for sweaty hands only and not for the feet. Surgery is a expensive proposition. It is best to consult your doctor to get more latest and accurate information on hyperhidrosis treatment.
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November 5, 2009