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Essential focal hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating of certain body areas, particularly axillae, palms, and soles.^1-2 So far, no attempt has been made to define axillary hyperhidrosis by quantification of the sweat production over time in a given area. We therefore used gravimetric assessment to compare the sweat production of healthy control subjects with that of patients with disabling axillary sweating.

Subjects and Methods

The axillary sweat production was measured gravimetrically in 60 untreated patients (30 men and 30 women) with the diagnosis of essential axillary hyperhidrosis. Thyroid dysfunction and diabetes mellitus were excluded. Sixty healthy volunteers (30 men and 30 women) served as controls. Patients and controls did not take drugs known to affect sweating. To further minimize the influence of external variables, we chose control subjects similar to the patients in age and body mass index (Table 1).

Table appears in full text version. Data of Patients With Hyperhidrosis and Controls*

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