cybersteffan
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I got this text in the original post from a US website. The procedure is performed a bit different here with us.
I went to the doc on Monday at the hospital where they perform this procedure. For those interested, let me explain a little.
Hyperhidrosis is a term for extreme sweating. Cause of this extremity might ly with your catecholamines. You should have that tested first.
There could a be another cause though. In your back, at the top end of your ribcase, there is some sort of switchboard made up out of nerves. These nerves are responsible for opening your pores and allowing you to sweat. Each set of nerves has it's own sweat zone: face, armpits, chest, etc. Now in some people one of these nerves could be continuously activated, leaving your pores in that area open all the time. As soon as your brain gives a signal to these nerves, caused by heat, activity, stress, fear, etc... the 'open switch' doesn’t have to be activated anymore, causing a rapid and extreme sweating in the corresponding area.
In my case this is my face. This is probable why the rest of my body stays dry as a cork, because so much sweat is coming out of my face so rapidly, the other nerves do not get involved.
Now what they do is, they make a small incision in your armpit and put a telescope into your body. They push the lung down a bit by blowing some air onto it. The risk for your lungs is nil. Then they use the telescope to get to the nerve and burn it. Normally this should result in an immediate sweat reduction of 80-95% in the corresponding area. Since the nerve is dead, the body s forced to use the others nerves to cool down the body resulting in a nice and even spread of sweat throughout the entire body. Now off course the entire body is much larger than just your face, meaning the sweating is spreaded more eveny and thus not so much comes out in just one place.
The procedure takes about an hour.
So that's it. As with anything, there are a few risks, but they rarely occur.
My operation is scheduled for November.
I got this text in the original post from a US website. The procedure is performed a bit different here with us.
I went to the doc on Monday at the hospital where they perform this procedure. For those interested, let me explain a little.
Hyperhidrosis is a term for extreme sweating. Cause of this extremity might ly with your catecholamines. You should have that tested first.
There could a be another cause though. In your back, at the top end of your ribcase, there is some sort of switchboard made up out of nerves. These nerves are responsible for opening your pores and allowing you to sweat. Each set of nerves has it's own sweat zone: face, armpits, chest, etc. Now in some people one of these nerves could be continuously activated, leaving your pores in that area open all the time. As soon as your brain gives a signal to these nerves, caused by heat, activity, stress, fear, etc... the 'open switch' doesn’t have to be activated anymore, causing a rapid and extreme sweating in the corresponding area.
In my case this is my face. This is probable why the rest of my body stays dry as a cork, because so much sweat is coming out of my face so rapidly, the other nerves do not get involved.
Now what they do is, they make a small incision in your armpit and put a telescope into your body. They push the lung down a bit by blowing some air onto it. The risk for your lungs is nil. Then they use the telescope to get to the nerve and burn it. Normally this should result in an immediate sweat reduction of 80-95% in the corresponding area. Since the nerve is dead, the body s forced to use the others nerves to cool down the body resulting in a nice and even spread of sweat throughout the entire body. Now off course the entire body is much larger than just your face, meaning the sweating is spreaded more eveny and thus not so much comes out in just one place.
The procedure takes about an hour.
So that's it. As with anything, there are a few risks, but they rarely occur.
My operation is scheduled for November.
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