title: In hyperhidrosis (excess sweating), look for a pattern and cause.
abstract: Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) can be generalized or localized, and secondary or primary; thus, understanding the pattern can help in finding the cause. Generalized hyperhidrosis may be due to an underlying systemic disease or to medication use. Focal hyperhidrosis is often primary (idiopathic) and triggered by emotional stimuli, although it is not generally a psychiatric disease.
authors: University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA. stolman@comcast.net
authors: Lewis P
authors: LP
authors: Stolman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy