The surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis.

The diagnosis of primary hyperhidrosis is one of exclusion, but it is not a difficult one to make. It is a common, embarrassing and even disabling condition. If it does not respond to simple conservative therapy, the practitioner should not hesitate to advise sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis of the upper or lower limbs, or some simple local operation on the affected skin area for localized excessive axillary sweating.