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Do You Have Sweaty Hands and Feet? Medicine's Answer? Cut Out the Nerves!

About one person in 500 suffers from hyperhidrosis, the cause of which is unknown, explained Keller, who says he has performed 250 surgical procedures to correct the sweating disorder over the last 3 years.

Cutting a nerve located in the chest cavity can effectively dry up hyperhidrosis -- a debilitating condition that causes excessive sweating of the hands and feet -- and greatly improve patients' quality of life, according to a report.

It has been known for decades that cutting a specific nerve can often stop sweating, but many people shied away from these types of chest surgery procedures.

Now, recent surgical advances allow surgeons to operate through incisions about a half-inch long made in the armpit. A tiny scope with a TV camera is inserted into the incision and moved along the chest until it reaches the nerve associated with excessive sweating. The probe is also fitted with a cutter that is used to sever the nerve, thus stopping the signal from the brain to the hands.

The effect is immediate and permanent, especially with sweating of the hands, but sweating of the feet is another story. Since the nerves to the feet take a different route, the feet often continue to sweat after surgery.

The procedure is not without side effects. About 50% of patients experience compensatory sweating on the abdomen, back or thighs, but this sweating is often not nearly as severe as was experienced on the hands.

In addition, some patients -- less than 1% -- experience a droopy eyelid, "but another surgery can fix this," he said.

International Symposium of Sympathetic Surgery, Helsinki, Finland. June 2001


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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

This is about as ludicrous as it comes. As the article states, about one in 500 people have severe sweaty palms and feet. So why not cut out the nerves that cause the sweating?

This is an example of the ultimate stupid "band aid" fix. This is equivalent to watching a movie in a theater, having the fire alarm bell go off, getting up out of the seat and taking a sledge hammer to knock the bell off the wall.

Does this solve the short term problem? Absolutely and quite effectively. One can continue to enjoy the movie without listening to the fire alarm bell. However, there is a major consequence for this act of stupidity and the person who does it can pay for it with his life.

Not only does the above surgery have nearly as serious side effects in one out of two people, but in one out of 100 drooy eyelids result, for which another surgery is recommended.

Incredible.

Sweating is a normal and physiological function that helps balance our system, but when one sweats excessively, this is a clear sign that there is something desperately wrong with the autonomic nervous system, specifically the sympathetic nervous system. There are many simple non invasive and inexpensive treatments that are enormously effective.

The first approach would be to follow the eating plan, as reducing grains and sugars has an enormously beneficial effect on hyperhidrosis.

You can read my story of how I used the eating plan to prevent a major abdominal surgery in a small child a few years ago.

Additionally muscle testing for the autonomic nervous system (ART) can be used to determine additional influences that would be contributing to the problem.


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