Imprint Impressum Version Francais Deutsche Version

Excessive Sweating

Excessive Sweating Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis, hyperhidrosis): Pathological overactive sweat glands, especially on palms, feet and armpits. As an independent disorder excessive sweating occurs in 5% of the population, particularly in relation to stress situations. Often, it also occurs as a side effect of obesity and general illness or a side effect of medications.

Facebook: Excessive sweating that is

  • either locally (eg in the hands or armpits or experiencing the whole body
  • Moist feel, the smell of sweat and wet spots on clothing
  • If sweating in the hand usually cool, maybe even white-bluish palms.

The disease is sweating and if the metabolism is stimulated, for example in sports, in high temperatures or in stressful situations. If the production of sweat, however, has stimulated the smallest rise, there is an abnormal and requiring treatment events.

The smell of sweat on the skin caused by living bacteria that decompose the organic components of the truly odorless sweat. For durable sweat overproduction increases the number of odor-causing bacteria. Repeated sweat also differs on the skin and increases susceptibility to eczema, chronic-toxic, for example, contact dermatitis, and infections.

The symptoms can affect the entire body (generalized hyperhidrosis) or individual parts of the body such as armpits, hands, feet, thighs or head (localized hyperhidrosis). Excessive sweating without known cause is often already in puberty. Spontaneously or triggered by nervousness, stress, or minor physical exertion leads to real sweating - up to visible droplets of the palms. In severe cases, generalized hyperhidrosis, a significant psychological burden is dar. Fearing sweat stains, many unpleasant body odor or the need to wet hand in greeting to attract many of those affected are back from social life.

In old age we find excessive sweating often resulting in severe obesity, and under certain underlying medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism, Parkinson's disease or a chronic infection. Seizure-sweats are hot flashes in the form of a typical and common complaint during menopause. In rare cases, they provide an indication of hormonal disorders, such as a pheochromocytoma. When excessive sweating occurs mostly at night, can be a big feather bed or a too high room temperature, but also a systemic disease of the cause. Thus, there is typically some night sweats, rheumatic diseases, tuberculosis or lymphoma.

Other causes of excessive sweating Excessive Sweating treatment

 

 

 

Bestellungen geben Sie bitte hier auf:Zum Preisvergleich:

The doctor may initially clarify whether the increased sweat production occurs in the context of therapy of an underlying disease. Can not determine the cause or treatment, there are several options to choose from to reduce the sweating to:

Tablets, for example, with the active ingredient in Methantheliniumbromid tablets which are able to reduce sweating all over the body to a limited extent, but are little used due to significant side effects.
Affected only the palms or soles of the feet is often a light current therapy (iontophoresis, even IONTOPHORESIS) successful. The patient appears several times a week hands or feet into a saline water bath, is headed by the current (10-15 mA).
Treatment of axillary sweat are reinforced with highly diluted botulinum toxin injections, see also antioxidants. An occasional repetition is necessary, but not before half a year later.
Is concerned, only the axillary region, including the possibility exists for Hyperhidrosis) ( which can be performed in an outpatient.
The sympathectomy (endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy, ETS): Surgical transection of the sympathetic trunk in the thoracic spine) helps if mostly the face, shoulders and / or hands are affected. This minimally invasive procedure is performed under general anesthesia and relieve the symptoms significantly. As a complication-wide procedures, however, it remains limited to cases that can not be treated differently. The most common complication is compensatory sweating in other skin areas such as back, abdomen or step, which occurs in up to 85% of cases.
Self-treatment in normal sweating help to individual body regions most commercially available cosmetic products (eg, roll-on deodorants, body sprays) or special foot care products such as foot powders, sprays or similar. Deodoranzien with agents such as chlorhexidine or triclosan counteract the bacterial decomposition of perspiration and thus to reduce the unpleasant odor. Antitranspiranzien with aluminum salts, however, inhibit the production of sweat. Experience can be the odors by parfümhaltige deodorants good deal. Too aggressively, you should not operate according to local therapy, however, since otherwise the normal skin flora is damaged.

Not sufficient for commercial products that are in the pharmacy preparations with ALCL, or tannins available. To treat excessive underarm sweat has proven a 5 - to 20% aluminum chloride solution, the application eventually leads to the reduction of the sweat glands. The armpits are first day, then two to three times per week treatment, with the best solution is applied using spray. Initially there may be slight skin irritation, but the reaction usually again.

Detailed information on the treatment of sweaty feet

Suggestions for dealing with hot flashes (under "self-help")

For prevention of increased sweat production is recommended to wear breathable fabrics such as cotton . Clothing worn by the layering principle allowing rapid adaptation to the heat requirement. Who suffers from strong-smelling armpit sweat, often benefits from an armpit hair: On the smooth skin accumulate less odor-forming bacteria.

Periodic alternating showers and endurance train the body to better deal with sweaty stimuli. Because caffeine may increase, alcohol, hot spices and sumptuous meals, sweat production, it's worth an attempt to dispense with this trigger. Overweight people often lose their increased perspiration, when they normalize their weight.

Complementary affected are often in a kind of vicious circle: you are sweating so unpleasant that they begin to sweat for fear of even more. In the complementary stands next to the actual "sweat control" therefore, the clarification of psychological factors in the foreground.

Hydrotherapy (details). Recommended envelopes with cold water, which are changed every 5 minutes. Against sweaty feet a foot bath with sage or tomato juice (0.5 l juice to 5 liters of water).

Another Excessive Sweating page. One for the UK: Excessive Sweating Treatment UK

Acupuncture. There are positive reviews that acupuncture relieves an increased perspiration, and here is probably also the relaxing effect not negligible.

Psychotherapy and relaxation techniques (for further details). The first step is to observe their own behavior, and - for example in the form of a diary to document - which occur frequently in what situations, the sweats. The next step is to learn those affected by behavioral measures, or in a cognitive behavioral therapy to strengthen their self-esteem, become less quickly out of balance and reduce anticipatory anxiety gradually, eg by learning relaxation techniques or breathing techniques.

Homeopathy. Homeopathy
Herbal medicine. A traditional plant from sweating is sage tea daily in the form of (3-4 cups) or finished products, (eg Salus ® Sage-drops), Salvysat ® citizens. Sage proven to inhibit the production of sweat, where the effect occurs only after a few days. For lighter perspiration Gerbstoffbäder or Gerbstoffpuder help from oak bark, such as finished products. Also suitable for external use, a decoction of the leaves of the walnut, this leaves 4 tablespoons with 1 liter of boiled water are reported, and strained. Caution: The South stained fabrics.