[MERGED] Hyperhydrosis ( Excessive Sweating )

[secretive]

all over

[Ira]

If this is just a recent occurence, i.e., due to the extreme heat we're experiencing right now, I suggest you just use a towel for a while. However, if this is persistent even in cold weather, there are several medications which are initially used to treat this. You can initially try to control it by using a topically applied solution, Driclor. You apply this 2x a week at night to completely dry skin and wrap the area with Glad wrap or any cling film, and wash the stuff off in the morning. If there is skin irritation, just apply and don't wrap the area anymore. You do this until sweating lessens, whereupon you decrease its application to just once a week or even less. You can buy Driclor in local drugstores. If this doesn't lessen the sweating, oral medications can be tried, e.g., valium, anticholinergic agents like cogentin, propantheline, etc.; indomethacin, and calcium channel blockers. However, these oral medications have a lot of side effects, so I cannot in good conscience tell you to take them without you being seen and examined by a physician first. If your sweating cannot be controlled thru medications, there are several options available, like Botox injections, iontophoresis (though I don't think this is available in our country yet), and, in extreme cases, surgical symphathectomy for excessive palmar sweating.

[vhok_nhoy]

ira...ako kasi madaling bumasa ang palad...surgery na ba yun agad...as in sobra talga pati feet ko ganun...
natatalot naman ako... alubha na ba ito...
kapag konting excited lang and nerbiyos basa nagad siya as in sobra...it can wet whole hanky...

ito nga yung source of inferiority complex ko...
email me naman mod oh... i need help ata...

standing09@hotmail.com

thank you talaga...

[Ira]

You can also try Driclor--apply it once daily at night until sweating lessens, although you don't need to wrap your palms in cling film, then lessen it to about twice a week once sweating decreases.

Sorry, I do not email PExers.

[sprakendoitz]

surgical symphathectomy for excessive palmar sweating.

yun pala yun tawag sa operation na yon... i had a chem teacher once na parang gripo yung kamay, habang naglelecture siya eh tumultulo pa yung sweaty palms niya sa sahig, pero yun lang ata sweaty sa kanya. she underwent surgery and yun, tapos ang problema niya.

[Altwegg]

Try Driclor. I use it and it really works! Mahal nga lang.

[shybabe]

doc ira, wala bang side effects yung driclor? can i still continue my normal skin regimen while using this?

[violet18]

doc ira yung driclor ba ay over the counter lang nabibili??

[Ira]

Yup.

[cs_NOGNOG]

ako wen i change the car's battery i sweat like a pig, di yata ko pwede maging mekaniko. i guess i'll have to see a doctor to prescribe me some valiums...

[fulgoso83]

help me naman!!! i'm a guy na kahit anong deodorant gamit ko(rexona,gillete,safeguard,old spice,secret,nivea,tawas,axe,revlon,etc).. laging basa kiki kili ko...pro hindi siya mabaho,basa ***...please help.. recommend something really effective

[Ira]

Driclor can also be used for this. Apply it once daily till sweating decreases, after which you apply it every other day, alternating with another antiperspirant.

[fulgoso83]

Thank You...so i can use DRICLOR instead of my deodorant is that right?
wer/*** drugstore can i find driclor?approximately, how much does it cost?

thank you...your reply means so much to me...

[Ira]

Unlike regular deodorants, you only apply it just once daily, not as often as you want. It's easily available in major drugstores. I think it's less than P500, but I'm not 100% certain.

[fulgoso83]

Thank You.... I hope i would be as effective as i expect to be!

[Altwegg]

DRICLOR really works! Costly, though. Over 500 bucks!

[fulgoso83]

Doc Ira, can i use DRICLOR sa underarms kahit wala nag Glad wrap or cling film?i dunno what Glad wrap or cling film kasi... nabibili ba yan?wer?

Is DRICLOR a roll on?lotion?cream?deo-stick?powder?

[Ira]

You don't use the cling-wrap/Glad wrap on your underarms. That is for someone else. Use it as you would a deodorant.

[fulgoso83]

Originally posted by Altwegg
DRICLOR really works! Costly, though. Over 500 bucks!

thanks!!!

[fulgoso83]

Doc Ira, bat ganun sobrang kati at hapdi ng DRICLOR, i've been using it once a day for the past 3 days,but in fairness, magaling siya! dry talaga... un nga lang mahapdi halos manghina ang buong katawan ko sa hapdi. irritated and reddish na *** underarms ko.

Normal lang ba un? or temporary lang?

What shall I do?
i need not consult a physician,right?