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It is likely that your GP will arrange blood and urine tests to check whether an underlying medical condition is causing your hyperhidrosis.
They will ask you about the pattern of your symptoms, such as whether you sweat at night (which is unusual in primary hyperhidrosis) and whether the sweating only affects a part of the body (focal) or all of the body (generalised).
Focal hyperhidrosis is usually primary while generalised hyperhidrosis tends to be the result of an underlying medical condition.
Primary hyperhidrosis is usually diagnosed if:
- no underlying cause has been found,
- you have at least one episode of excessive sweating a week,
- only parts of the body, rather than the whole body, are affected,
- both of the affected body parts (such as both armpits or both hands) are excessively sweaty, and
- you do not have night sweats.
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