stump excessively sweating

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jules12
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stump excessively sweating

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:( I am getting married at the end of June this year and want to go on a honeymoon abroad but am really worried that i am going to be totally unhappy due to the excessive sweating i get in my stump.sorry should have said i am a below knee amputee and i use a silicon sleeve on the stump which causes the sweat. can anyone advise anything i should work that would be available also on the NHS
Please help

pinker
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Post by pinker »

jules, this isn't available on the British NHS but the Drionic machine has a device which can be used to treat the lower body and legs.

Here's information on it: http://groups.msn.com/hyperhidrosis/hyd ... 4306153269

Have you tried any strong over the counter antiperspirants such as Driclor?

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