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Treatments Overview Articles

Hyperhidrosis
Treatments may include: Antiperspirants. Excessive sweating may be controlled with strong anti-perspirants, which plug the sweat ducts. Products containing 10% to 15% aluminum chloride hexahydrate are the first line of treatment for underarm sweat...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 18, 2007
Hyperhidrosis
Topical agents applied to the skin in the affected area are the first course of treatment for hyperhidrosis. Topical applications include anticholinergic drugs, boric acid, tannic acid solutions, and glutaraldehyde. Drysol, an aluminum chloride so...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Hyperhidrosis
Most over-the-counter antiperspirants are not strong enough to effectively prevent hyperhidrosis. To treat the disorder, doctors usually prescribe 20% aluminum chloride hexahydrate solution (Drysol), which the patient applies at night to the affec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Treatments Articles

Anticholinergics
Anticholinergics are a class of medications that inhibit parasympathetic nerve impulses by selectively blocking the binding of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to its receptor in nerve cells. The nerve fibers of the parasympathetic system are responsible for the involuntary movements of smooth muscles present in the gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract, lungs, etc.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is surgery to treat excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), usually of the palms or face.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 29, 2007
Sympathectomy
Sympathectomy is a surgical procedure that destroys nerves in the sympathetic nervous system. The procedure is done to increase blood flow and decrease long-term pain in certain diseases that cause narrowed blood vessels.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Sympathectomy
Sympathectomy is a surgical procedure that destroys nerves in the sympathetic nervous system. The procedure is performed to increase blood flow and decrease long-term pain in certain diseases that cause narrowed blood vessels.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Iontophoresis
Iontophoresis is the passage of an electrical current onto the skin. Iontophoresis has a variety of uses in medicine. This article discusses the use of iontophoresis to turn off a particular sweat gland.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 25, 2007
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