In the past few days, the heat has been so hot that you will sweat profusely if you move even a little bit. It can be said that you are sweating profusely. You have to use air conditioning and cold drinks in various ways to try your best. But some people, when the weather is not hot, their hands are still "wet", with sweat marks everywhere they touch, "sweating like rain" - they are people suffering from hand hyperhidrosis.
The biggest characteristic of this disease is: sweating, sweating, sweating! ! !
Friends who suffer from hyperhidrosis are more or less socially anxious - they dare not shake hands with others, and they dare not hold hands with the person they like when they are in love. They have even been nicknamed "Sailor" since childhood...
What? Is it hyperhidrosis?
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called hand sweating, which refers to excessive sweating on the hands. It can no longer be explained by sweating due to body heat. It usually appears in childhood or adolescence, and is more obvious during mood swings or stress.
Hand hyperhidrosis is divided into three levels: severe, moderate and mild according to the degree of sweating. Mild condition means the palms are wet, moderate condition means the handkerchief is soaked through, and severe condition means dripping sweat. Generally only severe cases require treatment. The disease mainly affects the palms of the hands, but the head, face, armpits, and soles of the feet can also be affected.
Pathogenesis
The pathogenesis of hand hyperhidrosis is still unclear. Current research suggests that it may be related to the thoracic sympathetic nerve. The excitability of the sympathetic nerve that controls the hand sweat glands is abnormally increased, causing the hand sweat glands to hypersecret without being affected by external temperature. The patient suffers from excessive sweating not only on his hands but also on other parts of his body.
According to authoritative literature reports, the incidence rate of hand hyperhidrosis abroad is about 4.8%, and the incidence rate among young people in China is about 2.08%. The incidence rate varies slightly in different regions, and about 25% of patients have a family genetic history.
How to tell if you have hyperhidrosis?
Excessive sweating means hand hyperhidrosis?
is wrong! Hyperhidrosis ≠ Hyperhidrosis
Diagnostic criteria for hyperhidrosis of the hands: Hypersecretion of sweat glands can be seen with the naked eye without obvious inducement for more than 6 months and if two of the following conditions are met, the diagnosis can be diagnosed.
The sweating site is bilateral and symmetrical.
It occurs at least once a week.
The age of onset is generally less than 25 years old.
There is a family history.
Stop sweating during sleep.
How to relieve the symptoms?
1, external lotion
should be soaked in a solution such as alum with astringent effect for tens of minutes and used continuously for several days, which will have a certain effect. However, skin lesions such as wrinkles and cracks on the hands are prone to occur, and the curative effect is not long-lasting.
2. Oral anti-anxiety drugs
Try to avoid tension, anxiety and other emotions, and take anti-anxiety drugs if necessary.
3. Surgical treatment
The treatment methods for hand hyperhidrosis include oral medicine and external medicine. Their effects are short-lived and have side effects, so they cannot be treated fundamentally for a long time. At present, the effective and feasible method to treat hyperhidrosis of the hands is surgical treatment, that is, thoracoscopic bilateral thoracic sympathotomy. The surgical effect is good and the cure rate is high.
Correspondent Lunan Pharmaceutical reports
