Hyperhidrosis Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sito, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; General practice (Medicine).; Plastic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Plastic Surgery.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This book is designed to serve as a rapid reference on the diagnosis and treatment of hyperhidrosis that will meet the needs of plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and other practitioners. It offers up-to-date, step-by-step guidance on all the therapeutic options, with a special focus on the role of b...

Table of Contents:

• Preface.-  1 General aspects of hyperhidrosis
• 2 Anatomy and physiology of sweat glands
• 3 Classification of hyperhidrosis
• 4 Diagnosis of hyperhidrosis
• 5 Therapies for hyperhidrosis involving topical agents
• 6 Oral medication in hyperhidrosis
• 7 Surgical therapy for hyperhidrosis
• 8 Iontophoresis in hyperhidrosis
• 9 The role of botulinum toxin in hyperhidrosis
• 10 Practice skills (axillary, palmar, and plantar hyperhidrosis)
• 11 Management of complications in hyperhidrosis
• 12 Psychological management of patients with hyperhidrosis.