I Have Excessive Sweaty Palm Called Hyperhidrosis

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I have been suffering a condition of excess sweat, especially at palm and feet. In medical field, this symptom is usually known as Hyperhidrosis.

Hyperhidrosis is the condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature – Wikipedia

hyper2 According to a newspaper, this symptom occurred in 1 out of 100 people. It’s not infectious. But it is indeed troublesome. Let me tell you why.

I cannot do certain sports

Due to the sweaty palms, the sweat could hinders the performance of certain tasks, definitely affect the outcome of the sport. For example, bowling. I need to hold 15lbs of bowling ball and roll it at matters of split second. Palm sweats has reduce the grip significantly, resulting in lousy scores. (Pakker Boon, my hook definitely win yours if I don’t have sweaty palms!) Why not dry it before every shot? It’s impossible – the sweat will come out immediately.

Embarrass to shake hand

hyper3 I prefer not to shake hand, honestly. How can you shake others’ hand when your hand is sweating like mad? I personally think it’s not a good manner. I’d prefer to jokingly say “hahaha I don’t want~ bleh” or be honest with them about the sweaty palm (especially to elders). IF I say this to girl, they show the “eewwww” reaction

Touch me, baby

ARGHHH I CANNOT TOUCH GIRLS AHHHHHHHHHH!! Not in a formal way, of course. You need some mad skillz to hold a girl’s hand when you’re sweating I know 80% guys out there surely get sweaty palm when you are about to hold a girl’s hand. Hahahhaha. Especially my hand… I can flood a whole room.

Extra tissues

I would keep wiping my palm with tissues during exam. On top of that, I wrap a piece of tissue on the pen, so I won’t drip my sweat on the exam sheet. I have to replace the tissue every 3-5 minutes! no bull.

Lately this symptom has become severe, I’ve opted for handkerchief instead of tissues. I am environmental friendly person, you see The only downside is, I need to wash 4-6 handkerchief every week. But solves the short term, but not long term.

Are there any solutions?

I am embarrass to say this… I never look for any solutions besides buying more tissues -_- I thought the only solution is to have surgery, and problem solved! External medication never crossed my mind.

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I search for solutions online, came up with a product called Drysol and Hypercare. Unable to buy these in local pharmacy store. I approach a friend who is studying in pharmaceutical field – Rachel Liew! She said “try Driclor, see if it works. If not, you go do surgery lah muahahhahah”. -__-”

I purchased Driclor next day. The instruction written “apply before sleep; need few days to see result. stop when palm stops sweating, reapply 1-2 times per week” something like that lah.

How was the result?

Guess what? It works!! My hand stopped sweating for a day! But it starts to sweat again during late evening I think I need to reapply few more times until my hand stops sweating completely. Surgery is definitely my last resort.

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So far I’ve been very satisfied with the result. Tonight will be my 5th night applying. I shall blog about this matter again in 2-3 weeks time.. plus if I remember.

P/S: This entry looks like advertorial.. hahahha. I am qualified to do one now. Anyone want to pay me to review their products? >:D