Hello,

Hyperhidrosis, as your condition is called, can be primary (from birth) or secondary (occurring later due to some other underlying cause).

Secondary hyperhidrosis which you are suffering from can be due to :

- Hyperthyroidism

- Diabetes Insipidus

- Menopause

- Obesity

- Overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system due to causes like emotional upsets, stress.

- Food like hot spicy food, chocolate, peanut butter, apples, citric acid, coffee.

- Certain medicines

- Rare diseases like Phaechromocytoma and Parkinsons disease

Please also see:

- http://www.hyperhidrosis.org/perspiration.htm

- http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sweats.html

- http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/LearningCenter.asp?fileName=11768.xml&title=Hyperhidrosis

Some tips on management of Hyperhidrosis:

http://www.sweatmanagement.ca/Hyperhidrosis.asp

For treatment options :

Botox Injections- http://www.sweatmanagement.ca/TreatmentOptions_Chart.asp

http://www.hyperhidrosis.org/botox.htm

http://www.aestheticbeautycentre.co.uk/hyperhidrosis.htm

Interrupting the sympathetic nerves: http://www.hyperhidrosis.org/sympathectomy.htm

http://www.sweatmanagement.ca/TO_Surgery.asp

An OTC product called Drysol can be applied at night and washed off in the morning ." A 20% alcoholic solution of aluminum chloride hexahydrate (Drysol) can be used. An effective alternative is 6.25% aluminum tetrachloride (Xerac). It should be applied at bedtime and covered with a plastic food wrap; polyethylene or vinyl gloves can be worn if the palms are affected. In the morning, the treated areas should be washed with soap and water. Prescribe 1-3 consecutive treatments per week. Once dryness has been achieved, maintenance with one treatment per week should suffice". It works fro 6 hours - http://www.hyperhidrosis.org/antiperspirant.htm

http://www.sweatmanagement.ca/TO_TopicalTreatments.asp

Oral medicines like anticholinergic drugs Robinol, Ditropan and Propanthelin.

http://www.hyperhidrosis.org/medications.htm

http://www.sweatmanagement.ca/TO_OralMedications.asp

http://www.sweaty-palms.com/blushing.html

You can also join a forum where other people with hyperhidrosis discuss their problems:

http://www.esfbchannel.com/forum/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hyperhidrosis/

I hope this helps.

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