palmar hyperhidrosis

according to my self-diagnosis, aided by extensive online research, i have a hyperactive sympathetic nervous system! this explains why i tend to blush easily and, of course, the main pain-in-the-arse symptom - sweaty palms and feet. it's not only when i experience emotional stimuli, or warm weather conditions. to summarise, i would say that i leak like a faulty tap - perpetually. oh, how i dread handshakes.. (but hey, the only good coming out of this condition is that i have an extremely high libido. haha! that's the best excuse to be horny all the time!)

well, i'm not really keen on this, but the cure for it is by undergoing outpatient surgery called endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, and the average success rate is 98%, with rare cases of a side effect called compensatory sweating, which means that since you don't allow your palms to sweat that much, the sweat will just come out more in other parts of the body - feet, face, groin, armpits, body, etc. apparently, i'd have a 2% chance of that experience.

during the surgery, they would cut 2 holes at either sides of my chest, stick fibre optic cameras in through my ribs, along with some surgical instruments, then clamp down on (reversible), or cut away (irreversible), some nerve chains. sounds like fun. and i'm already sweating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperhidrosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system
http://www.sweaty-palms.com/sweaty_palms.html
http://www.sweaty-palms.com/blushing.html

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