Excessive sweating..
Excessive sweating..?
Depending on the symptoms you say, it is more likely that your children are suffering from ‘primary palmar hyperhidrosis’.
Precautions:
· It is important to control the fungal and bacterial infections that may arise during this condition.
· Consult a skin specialist and take his suggestions and guidance.
Treatment:
Food which influences the triggering factors for excessive sweating and anxiety aggravating factors should be recognized first and should be avoided.
· Try to avoid excessive physical activity and extreme heat.
· Be away from stimulants like caffeine and nicotine.
· Use anti cholinergic drugs.
· Treatment should be taken for the reason of this condition.
· We can reduce the sweating by a process Iontophoresis.
· Botulinum injection is given to the palm and feet to reduce over sweating.
· This can also be reduced by using anti perspirants ( like Aluminum chloride)
Emollients should be used to reduce hyper hidrosis and withering condition of skin i.e. kerotilysis.
If there is no result with all the above treatments a last attempt can be done by undergoing a surgery that lowers the activity of sympathetic system.
Required Tests:
It is difficult to find out the reasons for primary palmar hyperhidrosis in many people. In this position it is necessary to do the Thyroid function test, Diabetic test, Autoimmune disorders test along with the tests for secondary reasons. It is important to rule out the infections if any.
Reasons:
We cannot point out a particular reason or cause for this condition. This condition arises due to over activity of sympathetic system. Reasons for this over activity may be due to emotions like anxiety, nervousness, anger and fear. The symptoms are seen in your children because of the over response of the sympathetic system due to above emotions.
In some people this may also be due to some medical conditions. Then it is called as secondary palmar hyperhidrosis. Reasons for secondary primary palmar hyperhidrosis ……..
· Local infections.
· Autonomic neuropathy.
· Diabetes.
· Hyper Thyroidism.
· Menstrual disturbances.
· Rheumatoid arthritis.
· Excessive sweating of palms and feet will be there in the medical conditions like lymphomas.
Troubles:
There will be no difference in the general health of the adults and children suffering from this. But there is a chance of getting depressed psychologically and humiliated in the society. Because these people may face trouble in using the accessories and doing the day to day works. For example they hesitate to shake hand and touch their beloved ones. They may face trouble while operating computer keyboard, driving car, turning the accelerator etc. They can control excessive sweating to some extent by changing their way of thinking and thereby controlling their response to stimuli.
Excessive sweating..?
Those who are suffering with ‘palmoplantar hyperhidrosis with keratolysis exfoliate condition will have excessive sweating on palms and feet. Depending upon the severity it ranges from the moist condition to excessive watering. Skin will wither off in some people. Though this is seen in people of all age groups it is profoundly seen in the youth. This is more if any one in the family is suffering from this problem.