Primary focal hyperhidrosis: diagnosis and management

Dermatol Nurs. 2008 Dec;20(6):467-70.

Abstract

Primary focal hyperhidrosis is a common and serious medical condition that causes considerable psychosocial morbidity. Diagnostic and effective management strategies can improve patients' quality of living dramatically.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antiperspirants / therapeutic use
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A / therapeutic use
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hyperhidrosis / diagnosis*
  • Hyperhidrosis / epidemiology
  • Hyperhidrosis / etiology
  • Hyperhidrosis / prevention & control*
  • Hyperhidrosis / psychology
  • Iontophoresis
  • Neuromuscular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Prevalence
  • Quality of Life / psychology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antiperspirants
  • Cholinergic Antagonists
  • Neuromuscular Agents
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A