Excessive sweating treatment
Sweating is one of our natural lines of elimination, with stools and urine being the other two. These lines should be kept ‘open’ and free flowing to make sure toxins leave our bodies.
However, excessive sweating can be a real problem both socially and physically as it can cause dehydration.
Excessive sweating is called Hyperhidrosis. It affects 500,000 UK adults. It is no longer treated by your GP as of May 2022. You can buy 20% aluminium antiperspirants from your pharmacist. However, these block the pores so you can no longer sweat from the areas that this is applied to. Aluminium has also been linked to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Symptoms are large wet patches on clothing often in the underarm area and these appear quite rapidly. The sweat can have an offensive smell too. Hand and feet are commonly affected too.
Causes are side effects of medication e.g. antidepressants like SSRIs, opioids and cholinesterase inhibitors used to treat Alzheimer’s.
Conventional treatments are the high strength antiperspirants mentioned above, Botox, mild electrical currents to kill the sweat glands or even surgical removal of the sweat glands.
Homeopathic remedies such as Silica and Sulphur can be helpful here for sweaty feet. I have successfully treated hyperhidrosis. Read the case study here. I would recommend wearing breathable fabrics such as cotton, linen and Tencel. Menopause can also cause excessive sweating especially at night. Read how I helped a lady with this condition here.
Charity: hyperhidrosisuk.org
