Causes of Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
User reported causes of Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating) based on their intuition.
Cause | Agree |
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Heat | 76% |
Stress | 71% |
Exercise | 70% |
Emotional Response | 69% |
Humidity | 63% |
Genetic | 58% |
Excessive Physical Work | 53% |
Sex | 44% |
Prescription Medications | 34% |
Cold Weather | 33% |
Overweight | 27% |
Autoimmune Disorder | 27% |
Caffeine | 25% |
Pain | 22% |
Autonomic Disorder | 21% |
Alchohol | 20% |
Thyroid Problems | 19% |
Steroid Use | 12% |
Treatments
User-reported effectiveness in treating Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
Treatment | Major Improvement | Moderate Improvement | Much Worse | No Effect | Worse | Responses |
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Eliminate Caffeine | 0% | 26% | 0% | 71% | 3% | 35 |
Clonazepam | 10% | 10% | 0% | 80% | 0% | 10 |
Thyroid Medication | 0% | 40% | 0% | 60% | 0% | 5 |
Botulinum Toxin Type a (Botox) Injections | 50% | 17% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 6 |
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS) | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 |
Glycopyrrolate | 17% | 50% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 6 |
Avoid Heat/humidity | 14% | 39% | 0% | 47% | 0% | 51 |
Glycopyrrol | 0% | 80% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 5 |
Magnesium Glycinate | 50% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 2 |
Aluminium Chloride | 10% | 45% | 5% | 40% | 0% | 20 |
Oxybutynin | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 |
Iontophoresis | 14% | 43% | 0% | 14% | 29% | 7 |
Wear Light Clothing | 4% | 33% | 2% | 59% | 2% | 46 |
Antipersperant | 5% | 26% | 5% | 63% | 0% | 19 |
Outcomes
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Predictors
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Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating) Info
Property | Value |
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Variable Name | Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating) |
Aggregation Method | MEAN |
Analysis Performed At | 2020-03-02 |
Duration of Action | 24 hours |
Maximum Allowed Value | 5 out of 5 |
Minimum Allowed Value | 1 out of 5 |
Number of Aggregate Predictors | 0 |
Number of Aggregate Outcomes | 0 |
Number of Measurements | 0 |
Number of Measurements (including those generated by tagged, joined, or child variables) | 0 |
Public | true |
Onset Delay | 0 seconds |
Unit | 1 to 5 Rating |
User Variables | 0 |
Variable Category | Symptoms |
Variable ID | 86847 |