Hyperhidrosis( sweating) of hands is a disease inherent in a fairly large number of people.
According to statistics, this pathology affects about 3% of the population. Sweating of the palms can bring great discomfort to the person. This prevents him from shaking hands, to engage in some activities related to manual labor and so on. However, such people should not despair and resign themselves to this problem, because there are a number of different ways to deal with it.
Causes of hyperhidrosis of the palms
Hyperhidrosis of the palms may be associated with:
- an individual genetic characteristic of the patient;
- vegetative-vascular dystonia;
- general hyperhidrosis, as one of its manifestations;
- poisoning;
- an abundance of stressful situations;
- high levels of catecholamines in the blood;
- chronic infection and other.
Depending on the cause of hyperhidrosis, the appropriate scheme of its treatment should be selected.
It is possible to evaluate the presence of hyperhidrosis by conducting a Minor test. For this, the problem area of the skin is lubricated with iodine and allowed to dry. Then place starch on this place and wait for the discolouration. When iodine reacts with starch in a moist environment( sweat), it acquires a darker color against a background of lighter skin. By the magnitude and intensity of this staining, the physician can establish the degree of severity of hyperhidrosis.
Photo of hyperhidrosis of palms
Treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis
Treatment of hyperhidrosis can be symptomatic, pathogenetic and etiological. It is also divided into general and local.
Symptomatic treatment only affects the manifestation of the disease, but does not eliminate it. It can be justified, for example, for rapid relief of the symptoms of hyperhidrosis before an important period of a person's life( employment, important meetings, important work).However, it is necessary to search and eliminate the cause of the disease for more correct, full and adequate treatment.
Pathogenetic treatment affects a certain link in the pathogenesis of hyperhidrosis, thereby preventing its further development.
To treat the hyperhidrosis of the palms, you first need to normalize your lifestyle. Get rid of all stressful situations, sleep 7-8 hours a day at a strictly certain time of the day, observe a diet( exclude hot, fried, salty, excess spices), perform daily hygiene measures, treat associated diseases as far as it is concerned.perhaps.
If these recommendations did not help, then maybe you can help advice of traditional medicine. Folk healers are advised to keep their hands in the baths with special herbs( chamomile, sage, oak bark, mint).You can also use lemon juice, periodically rubbing it in the palm of your hand, and a solution of ammonia with water, in which hands are held, rinses and then wiped dry.
If folk medicine is powerless here, then one can turn to modern medical technologies. Among them, Botox treatment of hyperhidrosis has been actively used recently. This preparation is a microconcentration of botulinum toxin, which when administered intradermally eliminates the innervation of sweat glands at the injection site, thereby eliminating sweating. The procedure is painless, but the effect of it lasts only 4 to 11 months, and then the hyperhidrosis returns.
Hyperhidrosis is also treated with iontophoresis. The method consists in applying the properties of electric current to create a high concentration of medication in a specific place of the body( palms).
