If you cannot get rid of the intolerable sweat odor in your armpits, hands, feet or other parts of your body, despite all the deodorants and personal care products used, you may have the problem of "Hyperhidrosis", that is, excessive sweating.
Excessive sweating negatively affects a person's social life. Thanks to sweating, which is a natural and physiological event for the body, body temperature is balanced and harmful substances are removed from the body. The system responsible for sweating is the “Sympathetic Nervous System”. Excessive sweating, which occurs when the sympathetic nervous system works overtime for an unknown reason and affects the person's quality of life, is called "hyperhidrosis". Excessive sweating causes the individual to feel bad in social life and work environment.
Before treatment Causes of sweating should be investigated and the medications used should be questioned. In cases where the entire system is interrogated and the problem cannot be determined, the cause of excessive sweating is attributed to the structural overactivity of the sympathetic nerves. Lotions and drug therapy are applied as the first treatment option. Lotions containing aluminum chloride or oral anticholinergic drugs can be used in the treatment. Aluminum chloride Lotions containing it are preferred as the first choice, especially in cases of increased sweating in the armpit. It is applied to dry skin in the evening and cleaned in the morning. In some cases, irritations may occur. Systemic anticholinergic drugs; Their use is limited as they may cause dry mouth, blurred vision and urinary problems.
In the method called iontophoresis, the hands and/or feet are placed in a bathtub containing a metal layer. Low intensity electric current is given through this metal layer. With this method, the ions created by the electric current close the sweat channels for a certain period of time. The application time of each session is about 20-30 minutes. Initially treat every 3 days, then once a week. It dies. With surgical treatment, the nerves that cause sweating can be burned. Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy is performed as a surgical treatment, especially for hand and armpit sweating. With this surgical treatment, the sympathetic nerves that overwork and cause excessive sweating are cut or removed. Sometimes the sympathetic chain and its branches can be clamped with clips or burned with cautery. Since these nerves have no function other than sweating, the surgery; It does not have effects such as paralysis, loss of sensation, or decreased reflexes.
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