Sweaty feet are one of the most important problems often faced by people. There are a number of reasons behind it. It is often medically termed as Hyperhidrosis. The hyperhidrosis is a condition characterized by excessive production of sweat at one or more levels of the body, so chronic conditioning personal relationships and social activities. This disorder usually begins in childhood or puberty and usually lasts a lifetime if not treated. It is estimated that 3% of the population suffer from primary hyperhidrosis, affects equally to men and women. Up to 40% of patients have another family member with the same condition, so it is a hereditary disease. Hyperhidrosis is usually focused almost always from a dermatological perspective. However, basal causes have not been satisfactorily elucidated.

It is believed to be caused by an overstimulation of the sympathetic system, parallel to the spinal column into the thorax independent of the ambient temperature. In its most severe forms may cause fungi, peeling, odor, irritation and skin pigmentation. It is a disease characterized by excessive sweating, caused by a failure of the sympathetic nervous system (part of the autonomic nervous system), causing the body to produce more sweat than needed to regulate body temperature. Many people with this disease are affected their quality of life and feel a loss of control over it, as the perspiration is presented independent of temperature and emotional state.

According to the regions affected by excessive sweating, are distinguished: sweating palmar, plantar sweating, armpit sweating and facial sweating. A phenomenon associated with facial sweating is flushing, which consists of flushing.

Depending on their origin is distinguished:

• Primary hyperhidrosis without apparent cause may begin at any time of life.
• Secondary hyperhidrosis may be caused by disorders of the thyroid gland or the pituitary, infections, diabetes mellitus, tumors , menopause or certain drugs. In some cases, facial flushing or generalized hyperhidrosis is caused by inadequate cellular nutrition, the Wernicke’s disease, which can affect the hypothalamus, the central regulator of body temperature and other functions.

Treatment:

There are a number of treatment options present for which are cure for sweaty feet.

•          Solution of aluminum chloride (hexahydrate): It is a good cure for sweaty feet. It involves the application of antiperspirants with a higher concentration of aluminum chloride. It may be effective only for axillary hyperhidrosis, and to a lesser extent for palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis. However, it is highly likely to dry out or irritate the skin too much, and some studies suggest the existence of risk of developing breast cancer by the action of its main component, aluminum, although more recent studies have found no evidence of this relationship.

•          Iontophoresis: Involves passing low-voltage electrical current through the skin. The iontophoresis causes proteins skin surface to coagulate and partially block the sweat ducts.

•          Oral medication: Some anticholinergic drugs can be used as glycopyrrolate and oxybutynin . However, these drugs can cause side effects such as dry mouth and eyes, nausea, and headache arrhythmias also are contraindicated in certain diseases, so that can only be prescribed by a doctor, assessing the circumstances of each patient.

•          Botulinum toxin type A (Botox): The botulinum toxin is only permitted if injected into the armpits. The drawback is that it must be injected every 2 to 6 months, which besides being painful, ends up being very expensive. If you are allergic to this product, may have life-threatening complications.

•          Sympathectomy by VATS: This operation is performed under general anesthesia. To access the sympathetic system has to perform a pneumothorax artificial that is, put air in the lungs to rise up and become detached from the nerve ganglia T. Is performed through a single incision of 1 cm. axillary level, through which introduces a thoracoscope with working channel. Through this channel is inserted electrocoagulation device by which the sympathetic trunk was sectioned at one level or another depending on the area being treated. There is the option to leave a chest tube for a few hours or aspirate the pneumothorax iatrogenic at the end of surgery. The intervention in each hemithorax usually lasts about 10 minutes, being in most cases a bilateral procedure.

•          Reduced heart rate. The node G is cut also regulates the heart muscles that move.

•          Reduced lung capacity. It is because the muscles that move the diaphragm are controlled by T lymph cut sympathectomy.

•          Chronic pain in chest. This is due to muscle and nerve damage that makes the endoscopic tube.

•          Extreme sensitivity to cold. Lymph T regulates vasoconstriction of the veins of the feet.