What should you know about constant sweaty hands and feet?

Sweat glands on the palms and soles can become active during heat, exercise, or emotional stress. A long-standing, fairly even pattern on both sides may fit a local sweating disorder. New sweating, sweating during sleep, or sweating with tremor, racing heartbeat, fever, or weight change can point to another cause, including illness or a medicine effect. Wet skin can soften, crack, or become easier for fungal infections to affect; Athlete's Foot is one possibility when the feet are itchy or scaly. Excessive Sweating explains the wider symptom pattern.

Dry hands and feet carefully after washing, change damp socks, choose breathable footwear, and rotate shoes so they can dry. Use a gentle moisturiser on cracked areas, but avoid applying it between toes if that space stays wet. Keep a record of triggers and whether symptoms occur during sleep. A clinician may discuss Prescription Antiperspirant or Iontophoresis; treatment choice depends on skin condition, medical history, and the areas involved.

Arrange a review if sweating is persistent, newly worse, affects work or school, causes skin breakdown, or starts after a medicine change. Seek urgent care for sweating with chest discomfort, fainting, severe weakness, confusion, or breathing difficulty. Prompt assessment is also needed for a hot, swollen, rapidly painful foot or spreading redness.

Ask whether the pattern suggests excessive sweating, whether medicines or another condition need checking, and how to protect cracked skin. Ask how each treatment is used and what irritation or other effects should be reported.