Palmer hyperhydrosis

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Palmer hyperhydrosis
By Foong Yee Kuan
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Cause
Explanation
Effect
Hyperhydrosis
Common Areas where Excessive Sweating Occurs
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• Palmer
• Hyperhydrosis

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Palmer hyperhydrorosis

• Medical condition/underlying condition

Physical condition

• Characteristic
• Continuous sweating
• Sweating without an apparent reason
• Sweating not provoked with exercise
• Provoked by emotional stress,hot weather
  condition
• Improved during cool months
• Sweating stops during sleep

• Effect
• Severe psycho
• Logical, social, and/or professional disability
• Difficulties handling paper, pen and buttons
• Avoid handshake

• Example of medical condition
• Endocrine condition
• Menupause
• Obesity
• Psychiatric disorders
• Systemic malignant disease

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Treatment for palmer hyperhydrosis
Surgical Treament
Nonsurgical Treament
Symputhectomy
Botox
Medication
Video-assisted thoracoscopy
Camera-mouted thoracoscope
Lontophoresis
Antiperspirants
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• Procedure often needs to
• be repeated

Botox
Disadvantage of Nonsurgical Treatment

• Carry many
• side effect
• Not developed
• specifically
• to treat
• hyperhydrosis

• Procedure is often
• time-consuming
• Procedure must
• repeated at regular
• intervals

Lontophoresis
Medications
Anti- perspirants

• Result is inconsistent to
• people experience skin irritation
• Effective for those with mild
• hyperhydrosis

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Advantages of Surgical treatment
Complications are rare
Minimal side effect
Immediate and Lasting cure
Pain felt after Surgery is minimal
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