Survey of the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of primary palmar hyperhidrosis among adolescents in Yangzhou_Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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YANG Junfeng , WANG Yao , SHAN Yibo , LIU Xingchen , FAN Yiwei ,  SHI Hongcan

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

SHI Hongcan, Email: shihongcan@hotmail.com

Keywords：

Palmar hyperhidrosis; epidemiology; adolescents; questionnaire survey

DOI：

10.7507/1007-4848.201610018

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Objective To investigate the prevalence and related factors of primary palmar hyperhidrosis in adolescents in Yangzhou. Methods On-site questionnaire survey was performed on students selected by cluster random sampling from the two colleges and two high or middle schools, with each class as a unit. Data were collected through the questionnaire to make the diagnosis and severity grading. Results A total of 3 487 copies of the questionnaire were distributed in the survey and 3 299 were finished, among which 3 083 were effective with an effective rate of 88.41%. Among them, 1 358 respondents were males and 1 725 were females; 933 were middle school students, 809 high school students, and the remaining 1 341 college students. According to the diagnostic criteria, 104 respondents were diagnosed with palmar hyperhidrosis with an overall prevalence of 3.37%. There were 60 (4.41%) males and 44 (2.55%) females. Although the prevalence of palmar hyperhidrosis in males was higher than that of females (χ²=8.130, P<0.05), severe palmar hyperhidrosis was more often to be observed in females than in males, and females were also more likely to have hyperhidrosis in other parts of the body. In addition, the age of the first onset of the disease was mainly 10 to 20 years old and 36.54% of the patients had a family history. Conclusion The prevalence of palmar hyperhidrosis in adolescents in Yangzhou was 3.37%, and there is a significant difference in the gender. The palmar hyperhidros is often accompanied by hyperhidrosis symptoms of other parts of body, and the disease shows an obvious genetic predisposition.

Citation： YANG Junfeng, WANG Yao, SHAN Yibo, LIU Xingchen, FAN Yiwei, SHI Hongcan. Survey of the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of primary palmar hyperhidrosis among adolescents in Yangzhou. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(10): 774-778. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201610018 Copy

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2. Lima SO, Aragão JF, Machado Neto J, et al. Research of primary hyperhidrosis in students of medicine of the State of Sergipe, Brazil. An Bras Dermatol, 2015, 90(5): 661-665.
3. Hornberger J, Grimes K, Naumann M, et al. Recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of primary focal hyperhidrosis. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2004, 51(2): 274-286.
4. Kuhajda I, Djuric D, Milos K, et al. Semi-Fowler vs. lateral decubitus position for thoracoscopic sympathectomy in treatment of primary focal hyperhidrosis. J Thorac Dis, 2015, 7(Suppl 1): S5-S11.
5. Kouris A, Armyra K, Christodoulou C, et al. Quality of life in patients with focal hyperhidrosis before and after treatment with botulinum toxin A. ISRN Dermatol, 2014: 308650.
6. Lai FC, Tu YR, Li YP, et al. Nation wide epidemiological survey of primary palmar hyperhidrosis in the People’s Republic of China. Clin Auton Res, 2015, 25(2): 105-108.
7. Lai YT, Yang LH, Chio CC, et al. Complications in patients with palmar hyperhidrosis treated with transthoracic endoscopic sympathectomy. Neurosurgery, 1997, 41(1): 110-113.
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9. Augustin M, Radtke MA, Herberger K, et al. Prevalence and disease burden of hyperhidrosis in the adult population. Dermatology, 2013, 227(1): 10-13.
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12. Kuo CH, Yen M, Lin PC. Developing an instrument to measure quality of life of patients with hyperhidrosis. J Nurs Res, 2004, 12(1): 21-30.
13. Park EJ, Han KR, Choi H, et al. An epidemiological study of hyperhidrosis patients visiting the Ajou University Hospital hyperhidrosis center in Korea. J Korean Med Sci, 2010, 25(5): 772-775.
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18. Fronek KS, Schmelz M, Krüger S, et al. Effects of gender and level of surgical sympathetic block on vasoconstrictor function. Clin Auton Res, 2003, 13(Suppl 1): I74-I78.
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26. 黄冰, 姚明, 周煦燕, 等. CT 引导下经皮穿刺胸交感链阻滞治疗手汗症的临床效果. 中华医学杂志, 2011, 91(38): 2710-2713.
27. Liu Y, Li H, Zheng X, et al. Sympathicotomy for palmar hyperhidrosis: the association between intraoperative palm temperature change and the curative effect. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2015, 21(4): 359-363.

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