Always talk with your health care provider for a diagnosis. The diagnosis is usually made by a pediatrician or dermatologist. Treatment for mild hyperhidrosis or palmar hyperhidrosis involves topical and oral treatments such as prescription-strength antiperspirants, methenamine solution applications to the area and oral anticholinergic medicines. For moderate and severe cases, surgical treatment may be recommended as a last resort for treating hyperhidrosis.
CHOC pediatric general and thoracic surgeons specialize in performing a minimally invasive procedure called endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, or ETS surgery. This procedure interrupts the sympathetic nerve pathways that lead to the sweat glands and can eliminate excess sweating from the hands. The long-term outlook for children and teens who have surgical treatment for hyperhidrosis is very good.
In most cases, sweating in the hands and feet stops immediately and does not return. Approximately percent of patients treated with surgery will develop compensatory sweating, where sweating increases in other areas of the body such as the feet or the small of the back.
Not long ago, you could always find Sarah in long-sleeved shirts, even in the middle of the summer. Sarah tends to get cold easily, but she had another reason for the long sleeves: she needed something to continually wipe the excess sweat from her hands because of palmar hyperhidrosis. It interfered with her daily activities and social life. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview Hyperhidrosis hi-pur-hi-DROE-sis is abnormally excessive sweating that's not necessarily related to heat or exercise.
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