Hyperhidrosis of the armpits( sweating): treatment, symptoms, causes, photo

It can be shared when the entire body sweats, or locally, for example, an isolated sweating of the armpits.

Hyperhidrosis of armpits

The reasons for hyperhidrosis of the armpits can be varied:

• poor personal hygiene;
• synthetic clothing, out of season warm clothes;
• eating various substances that increase sweating( eg, spicy food);
• increased physical activity;
• strong emotional experiences;
• the raised body weight;
• thyrotoxicosis;
• is a genetic feature associated with an excessively high content of sweat glands in the skin of the axillary region;
• vegetovascular dystonia;
• endocrine disorders( menopause and others).

Symptoms of armpit hyperhidrosis

The patognomonic symptom of axillary hyperhidrosis is a profuse, inadequate sweating in the armpits. Patients complain and point themselves to this problem. On their clothes you can see wet spots in the appropriate places or white( salt) divorces.

Hyperhidrosis, the cause of which is vegetovascular dystonia, will be combined with other symptoms:

• elevated, low blood pressure, or its differences;
• irregular heart function( arrhythmia);
• local redness or blushing of the skin;
• psychological exhaustion( neurosis, neurasthenia);
• body temperature changes.

If hyperhidrosis of the armpits is a part of the total hyperhidrosis, then it is necessary to exclude various chronic infectious diseases( tuberculosis, syphilis), especially if it is accompanied by periods of subfebrile body temperature increase.

Photo of armpit hyperhidrosis

Treatment of armpit hyperhidrosis

First of all, all the risk factors( wrong clothes, diet, a lot of stresses, high body weight) are necessary from the patient's life. If this is not enough, then usually begin to use antipersperantami based on aluminum salts. But this is a symptomatic treatment.

Surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis

This type of treatment consists in eliminating influences from the sympathetic nervous system on the sweat glands. This is performed by cauterizing the nerve ganglion through a puncture in the chest. However, this operation is not safe, at least for the sake of being under anesthesia. In addition, other life-threatening and health-related complications( pneumothorax, Horner's syndrome, damage to the motor nerves, etc.) may occur.

Medical treatment of hyperhidrosis

Treatment of hyperhidrosis can be performed with a drug called "Botox". Its intradermal administration blocks sympathetic nerve fibers, disrupting the innervation of sweat glands. However, the price for the treatment of hyperhidrosis underarms is quite high( 20-30 thousand rubles), and the effect persists only from 4 to 11 months. Therefore, not everyone can afford such a treatment.

Treatment of armpit hyperhidrosis with folk remedies

Folk remedies for treating hyperhidrosis of armpits are divided into those that are taken orally, and those that are applied topically( to the skin of the armpits).

Hyperhidrosis for ingestion

Recipe No. 1

The first recipe is very simple. It is the daily use of tea with melissa. Melissa has a calming effect, reduces the tone of the sympathetic nervous system, and hence the degree of sweating.

Recipe # 2

Tea from sage. For its manufacture, add 1-2 tablespoons of sage to a glass of boiling water, insist for about an hour and drink one third of the glass 3 times a day. The procedure is performed daily for 2 weeks. It can not be used longer because of the risk of oncology. Pregnancy is also a contraindication to this type of treatment.

Hyperhidrosis medication used topically

Recipe No. 1

Baths with herbs. As herbs use chamomile, sage, mint, bark of oak. These herbs can be used either individually, or combined with each other. Apply baths every day.

Recipe № 2

Baths with ammonia. One liter of water is added 1 teaspoon of ammonia. The feet or hands are held in this bath for 10 minutes, and then washed with water, wiped dry and sprinkled with talcum powder.

Recipe № 3

Lemon juice. Freshly squeezed lemon juice is applied to places with increased sweating and rubbed. After a few minutes it can be washed off.

Recipe No. 4

Solution with soda. To prepare such a solution, one teaspoon dissolves in a glass of water. This solution can be used as a bath or lotion to problem areas.

Video: Treatment of hyperhidrosis