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What Causes Excessiv Sweating?

I have been sweating profusely for the last 8 years with no resolution. My health has been in the toilet for so many years it s hard to fathom. Finely I was diagnosed with Fibro. as I was injured in 1971 & all my med problems started then. I have had all the trigger factors for Fibro. for so-o-o long but no one knew much about it so the Drs I went to used me to experiment on. I have been on Fiorinol for quite some time as one Dr thought I was just a mental case! Now I am on Fentynal, Hydrocodone for breakthrough pain, flexeril for forever!!, thryroid meds for a low, low .007 thyroid for the last 3 yrs. (but it has been all over the place), Effexor because I have emotional problems dealing with long long long term pain that has disrupted my entire life & occasionally other drugs as the Drs. see fit at the time. I was sent to an oncologist last year as my neutrafils & lymphocites were out of wack but over a 6 month watch they went back to normal & 2 months later I am back to very out of wack!! I just had surgery to have the majority of my stomach pulled out of my chest!! But my complaint today as it has been for 8 years is this constant unbalanced sweating. I m sitting on the bed writing ,just taken a cooling shower & my PJ s are soaking. Where can I go next?
Fri, 10 Jul 2015
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First, you have to make sure your thyroid function is alright. Hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating) is more common in anxious individuals. Reassurance is the most important way by which it is managed. But if severe, someone can try beta blockers or anticholinergic medications, but the response rate rate is very less. In refractory cases, you can consider even sympathecomy, which is a major surgery requiring removal of sympathetic trunk.
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What Causes Excessiv Sweating?

First, you have to make sure your thyroid function is alright. Hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating) is more common in anxious individuals. Reassurance is the most important way by which it is managed. But if severe, someone can try beta blockers or anticholinergic medications, but the response rate rate is very less. In refractory cases, you can consider even sympathecomy, which is a major surgery requiring removal of sympathetic trunk.