A few days ago, some netizens left a message for the well-off girl ↓
Spoil the well-off girl of the powder
Immediately arranged for the "hand sweating" interview!
But I never expected it
Went around in a circle
It is indeed a thoracic surgeon who sees it
The palms are old and sweaty,
How to see thoracic surgery?
Don't worry, this is the secret for you!
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Sweating on your hands when you are nervous, is this a disease?
Xiao Zhang (pseudonym), a 25-year-old Chengdu boy, has been plagued by a "small problem" since he was very young - that is, his hands are particularly prone to sweating!
Especially in the hot summer, and when the mood is agitated or nervous, the hands can "drip soup" and "sweat like rain", without exaggeration.
When Xiao Zhang used to go to school, such symptoms often appeared. When taking the exam, you even need to prepare a handkerchief to avoid the sweat on your hands from soaking the test paper.
Now that he has grown up and joined the work, this small problem will bring him unavoidable troubles and even embarrassment from time to time...
Xiao Zhang is sick in this situation?
Dr. Huang Xin, a thoracic surgeon at the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, said that after Xiao Zhang came to our department for treatment, he was diagnosed with primary hand sweating.
Although this disease does not affect the basic health status and life expectancy of the human body, it is a benign disease.
However, for some patients suffering from the disease, the emotional and life troubles caused by increased hand sweat are still very serious.
Especially for some specific occupations, increased hand sweat will directly affect the development of work.
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Why do I get hand sweat?
Dr. Huang Xin introduced that primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH) is one of the local manifestations of primary hyperhidrosis (PH or essential hyperhidrosis, EH), which refers to the functional disease of excessive secretion of exocrine glands on the surface of the body.
Why do I get primary hand sweating? Dr. Huang Xin said that the pathogenesis is not clear at present, but it is generally believed to be significantly related to the dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system in the chest cavity that innervates the secretion of palm sweat glands.
This is also the reason why hand sweating needs to be treated in the thoracic surgery department.
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How to distinguish between normal sweating and hand sweating?
Dr. Huang Xin introduced that the diagnostic criteria for primary hand sweating are - there is no obvious cause, the naked eye can see hypersecretion of sweat glands lasting more than 6 months, and meet 2 of the following conditions, the diagnosis can be confirmed:
✔ Bilateral percolation sites are symmetrical
✔ Seizures occur at least once a week
✔ Have a positive family history
✔ Stop sweating while you sleep
✔ Influence daily work life
Dr. Huang Xin said that the severity of hand sweat can be divided into three levels: light, moderate and severe.
● Mild manifestation of damp palms;
● Moderate manifestation is the formation of small beads of water by hyperhidrosis of the palms;
● Severe manifestations are the formation of water droplets with excessive sweating of the palms.
You can check yourself out
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Can hand sweating be cured?
Dr. Huang Xin said that primary hand sweating can be treated surgically to achieve a healing effect.
The thoracic surgeon can make a very hidden small incision of less than 2 cm under the armpit, and then through thoracoscopic surgery, cut off the patient's unusually excited sympathetic nerve, thus completely curing hand sweat.
This surgical modality, called endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy (ETS), is currently considered the safest and most effective way to treat primary hand sweating, and the best age for surgery is 15 to 50 years old.
At the same time, because the sympathetic nerve cut off by the operation also innervates the axillary sweat glands, it also has a certain effect on some patients with increased axillary sweat after surgery.
"And it's a very convenient operation." Dr. Huang Xin introduced that Xiao Zhang at the beginning of the article took a weekend to solve the "hand sweat disease" that had plagued him for more than 20 years.
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