hyperhidrosis - please help!

1. ID: Grace29

2. Age: 32

3. Sex: Female

4. Single/Married: Single

5. Weight: 55Kgs

6. Height: 5 ft 5 inches

7. Country: Indian citizen; living in Philadelphia, USA for last 8 years

8. Climate: Four seasons; gets extremely cold during winter

9. List of your complaints: Hyperhidrosis in palms and soles of my feet due to stress, nervousness and certain inflammatory foods (spicy food, coffee, tea, garlic, etc)

10. Since how long are you suffering from each complaint: Childhood; it has been increasing with age. Used to use a little handkerchief as a kid. Now care two thick handcloths everyday.

11. Diabetic or non-Diabetic: Non-diabetic

12. Desire sweets/sour/salt: Chocolate

13. Thirst: I drink a lot of water

14. Tongue and Taste: Foodie; love cooking

15. Current BP (without medicine and with medicine): Normal

16. What exactly is happening? Extreme sweating in palms and soles of my feet; the sweat literally drips like water. And there is a puddle if I stand somewhere barefoot.

17. How do you feel? Extremely embarassed

18. How does this affect you? I work with clients every day. I avoid shaking hands. I am nervous to go to interviews and conference/events because of this.

19. How does it feel like? It is yucky. I feel like taking a shower all the time.

20. What comes to your mind?

21. One situation that had a big effect on you?

Molested as a child by servant for 5-6 years

After a really bad relationship in 2011 for 9 months, my sweat started dripping; it was never this bad before this bad relationship.

22. How did that feel like?

23. What sensation do you experience in that situation?

24. What are you showing by that gesture of your hand (Habits or Actions)?

25. Current medicines you are taking? None.

26. Family Background: Both parents had it but it went away with age for both of them. For me, it has been increasing with age. Brother does not have it. He had epilepsy though

27. Educational Qualifications of the patient: 2 MBAs (one in the US and one in India)

28. Nature of work, what do you do for living? Investments. Manage wealth for high networth investors.

29. Desires, likes and dislikes for food: Foodie; love cooking, love chocolate

30. Name of foods which increase your problem: spicy food, coffee, tea, garlic

31. Mind-behavior, anger, irritability, hurry, impatient…and so on.. How are you different from other persons, public speaking or not , you can describe all of the details about your behavior, love and affections.

Used to be a confident public speaker. Had a really difficult manager 2009-2012; lost all confidence of public speaking after i started working with him.

I am a calm and patient person.

Not usually nervous. But after I see the sweat breakout, I lose all confidence.

32. Aggravation (increases-time, season,)& Amelioration (Decreases)

Gets aggravated when stressed out, nervous and inflammatory foods (spicy food, coffee, tea, garlic, etc)

Decreases when I eat healthy, when I avoid above foods, when I take a cold shower

33. Attached here your photographs of the affected area. (if required/optional)

34. Location of the disease

35. Side of the problem (Right or Left), (Upper or Lower part of body)

36. Color of the secretions/discharges e.g urine, stool, sputum, Saliva etc: Normal