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Hyperhidrosis - Management
Basis for recommendation
Determine whether hyperhidrosis is primary focal (idiopathic), or secondary to an underlying cause.
- This recommendation, and features suggestive of an underlying cause, are based on expert opinion from Guidelines for the primary care treatment and referral of focal hyperhidrosis [Lowe et al, 2003] and a US expert consensus statement [Hornberger et al, 2004].
Causes of secondary focal and generalized hyperhidrosis
- These are derived from the US consensus statement [Hornberger et al, 2004], two guidelines [Lowe et al, 2003; International Hyperhidrosis Society, 2008a], and review articles (including a review of causes of drug-induced hyperhidrosis) [Leung et al, 1999; DTB, 2005; Glaser et al, 2007; Cheshire and Fealey, 2008; Gee and Yamauchi, 2008; Solish et al, 2008].
Assess whether anxiety may be an exacerbating factor
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