Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) - NHS

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It's normal to sweat if you get hot or do exercise, but you may be sweating excessively if you're sweating when your body does not need to cool down. Excessive ... Skiptomaincontent Home HealthAtoZ Backto HealthAtoZ Excessivesweating(hyperhidrosis) Excessivesweatingiscommonandcanaffectthewholebodyorjustcertainareas.Sometimesitgetsbetterwithagebuttherearethingsyoucandoandtreatmentsthatcanhelp. Whatisexcessivesweating? It'snormaltosweatifyougethotordoexercise,butyoumaybesweatingexcessivelyifyou'resweatingwhenyourbodydoesnotneedtocooldown.Excessivesweatingcanhappenfornoobviousreason,becauseofanotherconditionyoumayhaveorasasideeffectofamedicineyou'retaking. Thingsyoucandotohelpwithexcessivesweating Do wearloose-fittingclothestominimisesignsofsweating wearsocksthatabsorbmoistureandchangeyoursocksatleasttwiceadayifpossible wearleathershoesandtrytoweardifferentshoesdaytoday Don’t donotweartightclothesorsyntheticfabrics–forexample,nylon donotwearenclosedbootsorsportsshoesthatmaycauseyourfeettosweatmore donotdothingsthatmightmakeyoursweatingworse–forexample,drinkingalcoholoreatingspicyfood Apharmacistcanhelpwithexcessivesweating Youcanseeapharmacistaboutexcessivesweating.Youcanbuythingswithoutaprescription,suchas:strongerantiperspirantsinsteadofdeodorantarmpitorsweatshieldstoprotectyourclothingfootpowdersforsweatyfeetsoapsubstitutesthataremoregentleonyourskin Non-urgentadvice:SeeaGPifyou'resweatingexcessivelyand: thingsyoucandoyourselfarenothelpingit'slastedforatleast6monthsitstopsyoufromgettingonwithyourdailyactivitiesithappensatleastonceaweekithappensatnight(you'rehavingnightsweats)youhaveafamilyhistoryofexcessivesweatingyou'retakingmedicineforanotherconditionTheGPmayreferyoufortestsiftheythinkanotherconditionmaybecausingyoursweating. Treatingsevereexcessivesweating Ifthere'snoobviouscauseforyoursweating,andnothingseemstobehelping,thenyoumaybereferredtoaspecialist(dermatologist).Theymayrecommendothertreatmentsthatyoucantry,suchas:takingtabletsthatreducesweatingtreatingtheareaswithaweakelectriccurrentpassedthroughwateroronawetpad(iontophoresis)havingbotoxinjectionsforsweatingunderthearmpits(thismaynotbeavailableontheNHS)surgery–forexample,removalofthesweatglandsVisitHyperhidrosisUKformoreinformationonavailabletreatments.Ifyoursweatingiscausedbyanothercondition,anytreatmentyoumayneedwilldependonwhat'scausingit. Pagelastreviewed:11January2021 Nextreviewdue:10January2024



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