Sunday, December 11, 2011

More questions than answers

The more I dig into hyperhidrosis the more questions I end up with than answers. 1. If treatments are available why are hyperhidrosis suffers denied access to them ? - If this is not the actual situation on the ground, why then do suffers feel this way ? - I have talked to alot of patients saying they cannot find something that works for them, is this only a small group of patients or is this the experience of all patients ? Meaning treatments work, but only for a limited time ? or that over time treatments are no longer as effective ? 2. For any manufacturer/pharma company to do R & D in any disease condition, profits are a major driver, not humanitarian desire to help, this is well understood, ...then how can we explain that hyperhidrosis is out of the radar when ca. 3% of the population can benefit from treatment, I suppose that prevalence rate is higher than for many conditions i can think of. 3. I can understand peoples reservations for not disclosing that they suffer from hyperhidrosis - perhaps it is too idealistic to expect sociatal view on excessive sweating to change - no matter how much information is put out there not alot of people want to talk about it...a critical mass has still not been attained with respect to information availability or number of people suffering...how can this be achieved ? in silence ? whats sad is alot of suffers i have talked to were for a long time under the impression that they are the only ones suffering from the condition...one can think of few skin conditions where suffers feel such loneliness... something has definately got to be done !

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