hello. I’m Dr. Sangchul Hwang, a researcher and practitioner of autonomic nervous system. Today, I’d like to introduce a treatment interview with a female hyperhidrosis patient in her 20s who had difficulty in daily life due to sweating. When driving, reading, and when the weather got hot, her hands and feet would sweat like a faucet was turned on. It wasn’t just a little damp, but it was dripping and dripping, causing considerable inconvenience in her studies and daily life.
When you first came to us, you were suffering from autonomic hyperactivity, which was characterized by sweating not only in tense situations but also when you were still, especially in the palms of your hands, which made it difficult to turn pages in a book and made the steering wheel slippery when driving. You also mentioned that you were having difficulty with interpersonal relationships.
In the early stages of treatment, changes in sweating did not occur as quickly as expected, and some patients were anxious because they did not feel a significant decrease in sweating, but we continued to focus on stabilizing the autonomic nerves and changing thermoregulatory patterns. This is because hyperhidrosis often changes gradually as the autonomic nervous system relaxes, rather than dramatically over a short period of time.
You can read about specific experiences and treatments in our separate reviews.
Often, hyperhidrosis is not just a sweat gland problem, but an autonomic dysregulation problem. It’s a condition of lowered response thresholds to tension, temperature changes, and emotional stimuli, and the process of stabilizing them is key.
We hope this story provides a small glimmer of hope for anyone who is struggling with school or work due to hyperhidrosis.
