Healthy people have dry hands even when they are sweating profusely. Therefore, the general population has no idea what a painful experience it is to suffer from hand sweating. Hand sweating is a common functional localized abnormal sweating, mainly in the palms of the hands, but also in the armpits, feet and head and face sweating, often resulting in wet and cold palms, sweaty hands like rain, which not only affects daily behavior, but also causes adverse psychological changes, such as low self-esteem, sensitivity, negative … … can be divided into primary hand sweating and secondary hand sweating, depending on the cause of hand sweating. Primary hand sweating is caused by excessive sympathetic hyperactivity, and the majority of patients with hand sweating belong to this type of hand sweating disorder. Secondary hand sweating is a rare condition that causes increased sweating due to physical illnesses, such as hyperthyroidism, endocrine disorders, and endocrine imbalances during menopause.
Although primary hand sweating does not affect the life expectancy of the patient, it can cause a lot of problems in daily life. Most of the time, the patient’s hands are wet, and chronically moist hands are often prone to peeling, and in severe cases, the palms of the hands may even show symptoms of eczema dermatitis. Adolescents of school age are often affected by excessive hand sweat that gets their exam papers wet, often before the papers are written. The adolescents are afraid to hold hands with others, and even shaking hands becomes a problem, etc. All of these can cause a considerable blow to the psychology of the patient.