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Exploring Surgery As A Treatment Option For Hyperhidrosis
| Once you've exhausted most of the other treatment options available for hyperhidrosis, and haven't found relief for excessive sweating, you may be forced to go under the knife. You might be surprised to learn that there are few surgical options for the treatment of excessive sweating available. Be sure that you start by consulting your physician about hyperhidrosis surgery options.nnYou should know up front that there are surgical options for excessive treatment that involve the removal of the body's sweat glands to more serious and invasive procedures like ETS, which is short for endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy. ETS is not something usually recommended by doctors, unless it is a last resort. It is considered a last resort because of the serious side effects of the procedure, such as compensatory sweating.nnLocal surgeries are procedures that are performed directly at the area where sweat glands are excreting too much sweat, thus excessive sweating treatment is needed. The three types of local surgery approved for excessive sweating treatment are excision, curettage, and liposuction. All of them have been used to treat excessive underarm sweating. All involve the removal of the sweat glands. With excision, the physician would cut out those gland affected by hyperhidrosis. Curettage, on the other hand, is less about cutting that it is scraping out the sweat glands. The final local surgery technique is liposuction which uses precise suction to extract the sweat glands.nnAs far as excessive sweating treatment is concerned, it is for good reason that skin doctors discourage ETS as a surgery option for hyperhidrosis. The process of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy is an invasive surgery where the physician attempts to block or impede the transmission of nerve impulses from the spinal column to the sweat glands. In effect, the surgery's purpose is to "turn off" these signals so they can't "turn on" the sweat glands.nnETS involves making an incision in the chest below the underarm and inserting a tiny camera. Additionally, one of the lungs is collapsed to give physicians access to the proper nerve paths in order to destroy them and provide a permanent excessive sweating treatment. The surgery is typically performed on both sides of the body. ETS is usually focused on the treatment of excessive sweating in the palms and underarms.nnCompensatory sweating, which was mentioned above, is one of the potential side effects of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy. It will often appear on the face, chest, back, abdomen, legs, and even buttocks. Compensatory sweating is a condition that may end up being more severe than the sweating that led you to seek surgery in the first place.nnUnderstanding more about the surgical options, you may better understand what surgery will mean to you. It may be more understandable why surgery is better saved as a last option when trying to treat excessive sweating. Once you have gone through every other option for excessive sweating treatment including Botox injections, prescription antiperspirants, iontophoresis, and anticholinergics, you may then start looking into surgical ones.nnShould be interested in surgery to treat hyperhidrosis symptoms, then you must talk to your doctor before making final decisions. There are real risks involved when you opt to undergo hyperhidrosis surgery. Concerning ETS, you must definitely weigh the risks and rewards carefully. The doctor will be able to explain the full range of options available to you so you do not make hasty decisions. You probably understand that spending a little time examining what is entailed with surgery may help you avoid a mistake with far-reaching consequences.n |
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