Conditions
Hyperhidrosis
Sweating is necessary to control your body temperature in warm or hot weather, or when exercising. In fact, on average, we lose over a litre of sweat a day and have an average of 2.6 million sweat glands in our skin to aid that process. However, around 1% of the population sweats excessively at times when they are neither hot nor exercising, which commonly affects the armpits, face, palms and soles of the feet. Known as hyperhidrosis, sufferers of this condition wish that they could just turn the tap off. It might not be as easy as that, but there are treatments available, one of which is a course of Botulinum toxin injections into the affected area. The fact that you’ve been botoxed probably won’t make the pages of Heat magazine, but it should block the nerves that supply the eccrine (sweat) glands, subsequently preventing them from producing sweat.
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please please help my husband's feet smell so bad that the house he wears clean socks but still he smell so bad when he get in from work the smell is that bad that i want to vomit. when he has a bath every other day he starts to sweat again.everyday starts to smell he's always had sweaty feet even thogh he wears saddles he sweats on his face while he's eating as well but my children started to notice the smell!!!! please please help!!!!!
There's a really good product for smelly feet - really stinky feet - it is called 'trust for feet' a long life deodorant works a dream, well it does for me and I used to rot my shoes!! Just put the name through a search engine - it is only about £4 for a small pot (so order a couple because they are small). I think a company called Dovedale sell it - use it between the toes once a day for the first week or so and then reduce it down to about once a week/wash off and reapply as needed - brilliant!
I have noticed that in my right armpit during the day it feels tacky and sometimes it can show onto the clothing. I have only had this condition for 2 days and this is something that I have not experienced before. I shower everyday and always use deodorant. What could be happening? This has only appeared under in one armpit only.
I am a 29 year old female and I have suffered from Hyperhidrosis since my late teens. I sweat the most from my head/scalp, my face, armpits and groin. It has to be one of the most embarrassing things as it just cannot be hid. I have benn to my GP once about it and as it happend to be in the summer time he turned me away saying it was just due to the hot weather. Therefore I have never been back. It stops me from going on nigts out with friends and to hot places/holidays. I dread the summer time when it is at its worst. Can anybody reccomend anything for use on the head/scalp????
hi im 32 and i suffer from excessive sweating (armpits) Its worse when i am am due on my periods but it is there all the time. I also suffer from boils in my goin area and i was wondering if these two could be connected. I have been on a six month course of Tetralysal 300mg from hospital but as soon as i stop any treatment they come back i have loads of scar tissue in the area is there anything which can be done ?????
My partner constantly sweats although mostly when he gets cold. He showers every day and as soon as he gets out of the shower the sweating starts. This goes on for most of the day and then around the evening time it stops. It is driving me crazy as he changes his t-shirts around three times a day. Is there anything that can be done?
i am 15 years old i watch the show every week. i have a problems that are causing me problems and embaressment in everything i do.. i have Hyperhidrosis on my hands and my feet and i have suffered with it all my life, since i have got older it has got worse and is causing me alot of embaressment, i have been to my GP and tried creams, roll ons and powders but none work. it really upsets me because no one takes me seriously and laughs at me, my GP wont give me anything and doesnt take me seriously either, nothing works and i can smell my feet underneeth the desk at school and it is so bad that all my friends can smell it when they sit next to me, i also have to buy new shoes alot. i wont shake hands with anyone or hold hands with anyone, i find it hard to walk in sandals or heels because i slide everywhere, and i find it really difficult to write at school. is there any way i can be treated insted of being given creams or lotions?? (summer time is when my condition is at its worst)
PLEASE PLEASE Can you HELP!!! I have excessive Sweating in the groin. I have tried everything. I have used medicated talc, a drionic machine purchased from USA, tablets and botox. I have had about 7 lots of botox treatment and it hasn't touched it. I have been to see doctors in London, Medway, Surrey, Hereford, Gloucester and Birmingham and no-one can help me. Please Please tell me what I can do as it is ruining my life. I dread the summer and will not go away on holiday because of the problem. It makes me very uncomfortable at work and I end up having to change my underwear around 12 - 15 times a day.
For the past 5 years I suffer from severe sleep hyperhidrosis (night sweat). I'm 31 yo. I wake up in the middle of the night soaked from head to toes. My duvet, my mattress and my pillows are deeply wet. If I get up at night, I can not use my bed anymore as it is completely wet and cold. It is really distressing. I've seen many GPs, but they just told me to open my window before going to bed. I had a scan to detect tb and a bloodtest for my tyroid, and the results were negative. Hope someone can help me! Thx.
My husband has hyperhidrosis on his feet and now under his armpits. The biggest problem is his armpits, he tends not to sweat much but does have a very red itchy rash. He has seen his doctor 4 times for creams,but they do not seem to be making much difference. Can anyone give any help! Are there any natural products that you can use.
Im 17 and i have a really bad sweating problems under my arms, it started when i started my period and its pretty bad. ive tried every deodrant out there .. any other ideas ?
I use a roll on treatment called Driclor which I got from a chemist. You just roll in on at night before you go to bed & in the morning the sweating is reduced. It worked well for me & I felt confident enough to wear long sleeved tops again. It's brilliant & the results are instant.
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