Sweat on the hands, is holding hands contagious?

Updated on healthy 2024-07-10
9 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    No, hand hyperhidrosis is a fairly common type of functional abnormal local hyperhidrosis of unknown cause. The secretion of sweat glands is controlled by the sympathetic nerves, and hand hyperhidrosis is caused by unexplained sympathetic nervous system overtension, such as tension, excitement, stress, or abnormal increase in sweating in the palms due to high summer temperatures. Hand hyperhidrosis itself is not contagious, as mentioned above, no matter how severe the sweating on the hands is, as long as it is cleaned normally, it is not infectious, and patients who do not pay attention to cleanliness because of long-term hand sweat have caused bacterial infection, which may spread and is infectious, blisters or rashes on the palms, scratched nails, and scratched if you scratch the arms or other parts are very likely to spread infection.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Hello, if you have ringworm and the other person is a susceptible type, it can be transmitted by holding hands. If you or the other person just sweats, it's not contagious. Hand hyperhidrosis is a disease in which sweat glands are over-exerted due to sympathetic nervous overstimulation, so don't worry.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    No, sweaty hands are not the same as sweating in other parts of the body. Other parts sweat because of the heat, and the hotter you get, the more you sweat. And when the hands are sweaty, then it is not normal.

    Because people in good health, even if they sweat profusely, their palms are only slightly sweaty. Therefore, friends with sweaty hands need to be vigilant, because frequent sweating of hands is likely to be due to hand hyperhidrosis.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Sweaty hands are not contagious.

    Hand hyperhidrosis is divided into primary and secondary hand hyperhidrosis. Secondary hyperhidrosis is caused by diseases such as hyperthyroidism and tuberculosis; Primary hyperhidrosis is caused by sympathetic hyperactivity, is congenital, and is hereditary. If you have hand hyperhidrosis, go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    No, because it's not a contagious disease, it's a personal physical problem.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Hyperhidrosis is generally not contagious. Hands are often caused by sympathetic overexcitation, so they are not contagious.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    What are the effects of hyperhidrosis? Can it be transmitted to others?

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    No, it's a matter of personal constitution.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Hand hyperhidrosis is not contagious, he is mainly caused by the abnormality of the sympathetic nerve, most patients with hand hyperhidrosis are primary, there are since childhood, this is the need for minimally invasive surgery, through thoracoscopic adjustment of abnormal nerves to achieve a ** effect, but hand sweat is diversified, everyone's physique is different, long-term hand dampness is easy to cause infection, this kind of fungal infection is easily contagious.

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