What's the cure for a sweaty palm?

Sweaty palms or commonly known as Palmar Hyperhidrosis is believed by experts to be caused by a hyperactive sympathetic nervous system, causing the gland of your hands to produce sweat unnecessarily. We all know that sweating is a way for our body to regulate heat to keep everything inside our body to run smoothly like a well oiled machine. Of the millions of sweat gland in our body, more than half of it is found on our hands. When the body is agitated through exercise, stress and extreme temperatures the glands release sweat to help the body cool down to its normal temperature. Treatments of hyperhidrosis includes pills, topical ointments for the hands, lotions, acupuncture and bio-feedback. In extreme hyperhidrosis, surgical procedures will be done, like sympathectomy through the use of a endosscope. Sympathectomy has two types thoracic sympathectomy and lumbar sympathectomy which can now be done on an outpatient basis. Both procedures involves severing the hyperactive nerves that stimulates excessive palmar sweating. I for one has suffered from this condition before when I was still in school. I think the what caused this to happen to me is when I usually wash my hands immediately after a tiresome typing session or after cooking. Some common folk medicines used to treat such sweaty hands is urine. I know it sounds crazy at first but they say it helps alot. Your first urine after getting up in the morning is used to wash your hands and let it be for around 5 minutes and then wash it off with soap and water. They say continue it for a week and see it will be gone. i never tried such thing so gross but I have some people saying it works some magic.

hi there fheroan. I have the same problem as well. I also have sweaty palms and my boyfriend teases me about it. As far as I can remember, when I was little I think it's a lot sweatier. Now, I think it has lessened. I didn't do any special thing. I guess it has also something to do with diet. I used to eat unhealthily. I think if you consume salt so much it can also contribute to a sweaty palm.

Oh even I have this problem of sweaty palms. If I hold a file or folder for a few minutes, my palm get sweaty and that makes a fine mess of the folder that I hold. Thankfully, these things are made of plastic these days. But when it is a paper or a bunch of papers then it becomes real tough... The paper gets wet somewhat and a little dusting also takes place... I would also like to know if there is a solution to this...

I don't have sweaty palms, but I used to have a friend who had this condition and it was really bad. When he had sweaty palms, it was as if someone had poured water on his hands - they were completely drenched! I don't really know if there is a cure for this condition, but I have read from previous responses that there are operations or prescription medicines that might help with the problem. My advice is, just try to keep away from hot and humid areas, so as not to stimulate your sweat glands to produce sweat. But all in all, I think there is nothing to be ashamed of the condition, because it is out of your control and that's how your unique body works.

If it is very serious an operation can cure the problem,the operation deactivastes the nerve that causes the hand to sweat.However it is fairly serious op as it is accessed through the chest and to get at it the lung may have to be deflated.Also it may have the sideaffect of causing increased sweating in other parts of the body.

Sweaty hands can be either primary or secondary. This means that there may be a cause (like another illness)or that you may just have sweaty hands. There are a number of ways that you can treat sweaty hands like taking a prescription medication, topical applications, botox, Iontophoresis or surgery. If you have sweaty hands that do not respond to topical applications I highly recommend that you try Iontophoresis. The machines are quite expensive but if you need to save money you can build you own.

I think there are medicines to decrease sweating. but it is best to consult a doctor first before taking those pills to make sure that there will be no harm or side effects.

Hi fheroan,That was my friend problem before.She had sweaty palm.The other friend adviced her to wash her hands with soap and water then after rub gently an alum powder or tawas.It really helps.Just try it.Good luck.