Word: hyperhydro
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...find the condition both annoying and embarrassing. Antiperspirants provide only temporary relief; radiation, which some physicians use to destroy sweat glands, may cause dangerous skin conditions. Now Dr. Donald Dohn of the Cleveland Clinic reports that a safe and effective remedy has been developed; patients with serious cases of hyperhydro-sis have been cured by surgery. The operation, called an upper thoracic sympathectomy, is performed by making an incision in the side of the neck and removing those thoracic ganglia (nerve connections) that relay impulses from the brain to the sympathetic (nonvoluntary) nerves that influence sweat glands in the hands...
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