Treatment
The treatment of sweating is often very difficult and should not be done on every patient. As long as a patient does not sweat excessively, it is important to accept sweating as a natural bodily process that is vital to get rid of excess heat in the body. For simple sweating under the armpits it is recommended to use a deodorant without additives and perfumes.
However, further treatment against sweating is often only possible to a limited extent. There are the so-called antiperspirants, but these contain aluminum chloride and have fallen into disrepute because these ingredients are supposed to promote cancer, among other things. It is controversial whether aluminum chloride also promotes dementia.
Sage extracts are a better option here, which are not the only treatment for sweating, but can reduce sweating. The so-called tap water iontophoresis is a treatment of sweating, which can be applied to hands and feet. Here, electricity is conducted through the water into the feet and hands, which then reduces sweat production for a short time.
In rare cases botulinum toxin A is used as a treatment against sweating. However, irreversible paralysis can occur, which is why this treatment option should be chosen as the penultimate option. The last but one treatment option against sweating is the surgical removal of parts of the skin including the sweat glands. (see: Removing sweat glands)
Summary
Excessive sweating can occur in one or more places, as well as in the entire body area.The causes are usually not due to organic changes. However, such a change should be excluded, especially in the case of sweating all over the body (generalized hyperhidrosis). In the case of the localized disease, patients complain of symptoms since puberty and increasingly suffer from social isolation caused by increased sweating (sweating).
From psychotherapy to surgical treatment:there are various therapeutic approaches available today, which can achieve an improvement in almost all cases. Surgery (“ETS”, see below) is a minimally invasive surgical treatment, which has excellent results, but also has its risks. Every patient should therefore consider the risks and possible consequences of treatment. Overall, the prognosis of hyperhidrosis excessive sweating has improved in recent years, not least because many doctors are now much more open to the patients’ complaints.
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