HYPERHIDROSIS

If you have spent any time looking in the local drug store, you will see that there are plenty of products that promise to cure the sweating or perspiration problem. Everything from powders and creams to body sprays, but the trouble is that most of them are just targeting the symptom - excessive sweating - instead of treating the root cause of the problem.

The cause of hyperhidrosis varies, and may at times be caused by a problem with the metabolism, but generally it is overactive sweat glands that are the problem.

There are several things that you can do to treat your hyperhidrosis. From a medical standpoint, there are the over the counter powders and sprays that are available and you can be prescribed a stronger antiperspirant. There are some oral medicines, but these carry a list of side effects that may be as uncomfortable as what they are treating and believe it or not you can even treat your hyperhidrosis with Botox, if you don't mind injecting poison under your skin.

In allopathy or conventional medicine, refractory cases of hyperhidrosis or profuse sweating, topical agents such as aluminium chloride in ethyl alcohol are prescribed for axillary sweating but is often useless for sweating hands. Short term courses of anticholinergic drugs are also useful in severely afflicted patients, but the side effects of dry mouth, drowsiness and constipation frequently occur. They all are frequently prescribed which is merely a short term solution. It just suppresses and continues to suppress the symptom and finally a stage of resistence comes in and surgery is advised.

Endoscopic thoracic sympathetomy or ETS is one of the surgical procedures which are in fashion today. This procedure causes relief of excessive hand sweating in about 80 to 90% of cases. Major drawbacks related to compensatory sweating (i.e. sweating of the back, chest and face) are seen in 60 to 80% of cases. Some patients have also been shown to experience a cardiac sympathetic denervation, which results in a 10% lowered heartbeat during both rest and exercise.

Statistics have shown that when treated for facial flushing and / or excessive facial perspiration, the failure rate of ETS for these two clinical presentations is higher and patients are more prone to side effects.

Many more that suffer from sweating problems have found their cure for hyperhidrosis in the form of natural homeopathic treatments that have helped many break free from profuse sweating or hyperhidrosis.

The homeopathic way of treatment is different from allopathy. Hyperhidrosis is nothing but an expression of the disturbance in the inner hormonal balance and this is expressed in the form of the profuse discharge (of sweat). Hence, it is required to be treated at the inner level rather than treating it by local applications of creams and antibiotics.

Homeopathy treats the person as a whole, which means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution and so on.

Homeopathy provides natural constitutional remedies for treating the root cause of this condition and not just working on the symptom - it repairs the derangement which is causing the hyperhidrosis. It offers excellent treatment which is effective, harmless, and without any side effects. It is recommended even in the most obstinate cases.

Today, homeopathic remedies are the best non surgical solution for hyperhidrosis or profuse sweating or perspiration.

There are 245 homoeopathic medicines which give great relief in hyperhidrosis or profuse sweating or perspiration. However, the correct choice and the resulting relief is a matter of experience and right judgment on the part of the homeopathic doctor. The treatment is decided after a thorough case taking of the patient. Thus, homeopathic remedies for hyperhidrosis are tailor made, unlike allopathy, in which all patients receive the same surgery or drugs - although the trade name of the drugs may be different

If you have a problem with profuse sweating, then you are not alone. There are millions of people that have the problem of sweating too much, but they do not know what to do about it. There are several people that have had a problem with sweating and many of them just did nothing about it. The pain and the trouble that these people go through because of their sweating problems could also classify it as a social disease. Some of them come right out of the shower sweating and needing another shower, while others sweat or perspire with just the slightest exertion.

Sweating is a natural phenomenon necessary for the regulation of an individual's body temperature. The secretion of sweat is mediated by a portion of our vegetative nervous system (the sympathetic nervous system). In some people, the system is working at a very high activity level, far higher than needed to keep a constant temperature. This condition is referred to as hyperhidrosis.

Hyperhidrosis or profuse sweating or perspiration affects millions of people around the world - nearly 3% of the population according to some studies. So what's new you might ask. Well this is no ordinary sweat problem; it is a scenario in which your hands, feet or underarms are damp, sticky or even drenched with sweat from morning to night through to the next morning. In other words, you are sweating excessively at all times in different external conditions. This kind of excessive sweating typically occurs either on your palms, in your underarms (axillary hyperhidrosis), on your face (facial hyperhidrosis), or in your feet (plantar hyperhidrosis).

Excessive sweating of the hands interferes with many routine activities, such as securely grasping objects. Some hyperhidrosis suffereres avoid situations where they will come into physical contact with others, such as greeting a person with a handshake. Hiding embarassing sweat spots under the armpits limits the sufferers arm movements and pose. In severe cases, the shirt must be changed several times during the day.

Additionally, anxiety caused by self-consciousness to the sweating may aggravate the sweating. Excessive sweating of the feet makes it harder for patients to wear slide-on or open-toe shoes, as the feet slide around in the shoe because of sweat.

Some careers present challenges for hyperhidrosis sufferers. For example, careers which require the deft use of a knife may not be safely performed by people with excessive sweating of the hands. Employees, such as sales staff, who interact with many new people can be negatively affected by social rejection. The risk of dehydration can limit the ability of some sufferers to function in extremely hot (especially if also humid) conditions. Even the playing of musical instruments can be uncomfortable or difficult because of sweaty hands.