Causes of Excessive Sweating of the Hands and Feet

Primary hyperhidrosis often affects both palms or both soles, begins earlier in life, and may occur while the body is otherwise cool. Emotional stress can trigger it, but sweating can also happen without an obvious trigger. Sweating that starts suddenly, affects the whole body, occurs during sleep, or follows a medicine change has a broader range of possible causes. Heat Exhaustion, Hyperthyroidism, Hypoglycaemia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea are examples a clinician may consider when other symptoms point in those directions. Excessive Sweating explains the symptom more generally.

Keep hands and feet dry, change damp socks, choose breathable footwear, and notice triggers such as heat, caffeine, stress, or spicy food. A clinician may recommend a suitable antiperspirant or another treatment after checking your health and skin. Iontophoresis uses a controlled electrical current through water for hands or feet. Other options include Botox For Sweating or Microwave Sweat Gland Treatment, depending on the area and assessment.

Arrange an appointment for sweating that is new, worsening, disruptive, or associated with weight change, tremor, palpitations, fever, or night sweats. Get urgent help for heavy sweating with chest pain, faintness, confusion, severe weakness, breathlessness, or signs of heat illness. Low blood sugar symptoms in a person using diabetes medicine also need prompt attention.

Does the distribution suggest primary hyperhidrosis or another cause? Could a medicine or thyroid, glucose, sleep, or heat-related problem be involved? Which treatment fits my hands and feet?