Hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating is a problem where body produces sweat in excess of what is required by the body to cool down. Hence, even in cold environment you are experiencing excessive sweating.This gets troublesome when in palms as your palms becomes slippery due to excess sweat and you have to constantly carry napkin to keep palms dry.This problem is more common on palm and soles but can also happen from other sites like underarms,nose,etc. There are many reasons for hyperhidrosis and most common reason is anxiety related ,others being some medicines,
diabetes,hormonal issues,genetic,etc. Treatment of hyperhidrosis starts with finding the root cause and addressing that if possible (for example if anxiety is the reason we give anti anxiety medicines). Other treatment options can used to control excessive sweating temporarily like applying Aluminium chloride hexahydrate 20%,Iontophoresis, botulinum toxin injections,etc. Also oral medicines can be given if required.
Next Steps
You can send a query with all details of your problem like when and where it happens,its duration and what triggers it.Based on your details we can suggest some blood tests to find the exact cause and also recommend the treatment plan.
Health Tips
Hope this information was helpful .Regards Dr Jeetendra Khatuja.