Foot Sweating
Excessive foot sweating, also known as pedal hyperhidrosis, usually appears in a combination with excessive hand sweat. Patients suffering from this condition may also experience problems with armpit and/or face. This condition (with the feet) is is not very common and although pedal hyperhidrosis is not as obvious and emotional upsetting as hand sweat, it can still be a problem.
Foot Sweating and Odor
The odor associated with heavy foot sweating represents one of the major issues of this condition. This can prove to be an obstacle in many social situations. The patients’ anxiety levels are high whenever they have to take of their shoes in a social environment, as they fear that the odor triggered by heavy sweating will become obvious to the others. People suffering from pedal hyperhidrosis also accuse feeling their feet wet and cold most of the time. This creates and uncomfortable feeling where they feel like they are slipping in their own shoes.
Other problems refer to the difficulties in getting pedicures. Foot infections are also more frequent, as the constant humidity favors the growth of germs and bacteria. Athletes foot is also observed with many patients of pedal hyperhidrosis.
The most commonly used medication for foot sweating includes antiperspirants and a variety of medications. These can produce good result when combined with iontophoresis. Even though it is rare, solitary pedal hyperhidrosis responds well to a treatment of sympathectomy.
Son’s feet get red, very hot, beads of sweat, wakes him up at night. What type of doctor should I make an appointment with.
Hi Steven,
Podiatry is branch of medicine concerned with the feet and a podiatrist is a health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments, such as excessive sweating.
Jane L.
I’ve never heard any think like it, my 3 yr old son feet sweats when he is not wearing socks over a short period of time, i want to know if i should be concerned. my husband seems to think we should keep socks on his feet at all times, so that he would not get sick, even in the summer. what do you think.
wow I’ve had this all my life. i didn’t know it was a diagnosed condition. it is so embarrassing! my feet, my hands, my arms – I’m currently thinking of only wearing black. i think i will go see a doctor
Natasha, I also experience a reduction in foot sweating as well as hand sweating when i am wearing socks. It’s confusing, you would think it would be the other way around, but my feet and hands sweat 10x more without socks. It seems like the hands and feet are connected.
This is a problem in the summer because i can’t be walking around with socks and sandals, although that would be much more comfortable in comparison to developing puddles in my flip flops. I don’t understand this – does anyone know why it gets better with socks?
I also have a problem with my feet, they sweat, especially during work. I wear sandals and I always wipe them with a cloth; even worse, my feet sometimes smell bad because of the sweating. I don’t wear sandals in malls for I’m afraid the smell might be so overpowering that people will notice! Please Help.
i have been dealing with this problem the entire eighteen years i have been alive. I am currently on robinul, it seems to be controlling sweating a little… I have tried drysol and every chemical and even bought a $700 machine that sent electrical currents into me only to form blisters and irritated skin. I am only 18 and have to avoid many situations, cannot wear the shoes I want or even go to a nail salon. I seem to have no options please help me.
had very good luck w/ soaking my feet in a small tub of apple cider vinegar in the morning after my shower
i have been dealing with feet sweating for quite some time. it is very embarrassing. i can literally smell my feet threw my shoes and i work in a office setting so can you imagine what i go through. i am always spraying deodorizers so that my co workers can’t smell my feet. and i have to put paper towels in my shoe and change them 5 times a day cause my feet are so wet! someone please help me!!!!!!!!!
I’m 20 years of age, and have spent those years hiding this condition fairly well. Both my hands and feet sweat constantly. My hands are the most obvious especially when I’m typing or writing something or just handling things through out the day. I never wore sandals before because sweat would bead on my toes and the backs of my feet. This past summer I bought a pair of sandals with a cloth like texture and let my feet air out. I too have noticed that it seems the hands and feet are connected when it comes to sweating. I also noticed that when I started wearing the sandals, the sweating calmed a bit and it was almost like I didn’t have the condition. Is there a special doctor for this condition that i can see?
Since we’ve moved from down south to a cooler climate in Oregon, it has helped alot. My son doesn’t seem to have the symptoms anymore. Don’t know if it’s the cooler climate, or if he just out grew it.