What is primary hyperhidrosis?

Primary hyperhidrosis usually has an onset during childhood or adolescence. Primary hyperhidrosis may also be described as palmar, plantar, axillary, or craniofacial, each of which has its own clinical characteristics.

How do members experience primary hyperhidrosis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with primary hyperhidrosis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for primary hyperhidrosis*

Who has primary hyperhidrosis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 27
40s 14
50s 10
60s 8
70+ 3

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 30

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What is primary hyperhidrosis?

Primary hyperhidrosis usually has an onset during childhood or adolescence. Primary hyperhidrosis may also be described as palmar, plantar, axillary, or craniofacial, each of which has its own clinical characteristics.



Common symptoms reported by people with primary hyperhidrosis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for primary hyperhidrosis

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Compare treatments taken by people with primary hyperhidrosis

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Who has primary hyperhidrosis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 48 say primary hyperhidrosis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 27
40s 14
50s 10
60s 8
70+ 3
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 13
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 2
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 30

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 6
Not Diagnosed 21

These charts show data from primary hyperhidrosis patients who have completed their condition history
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