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Endocrine Abstracts (2014) 34 CMW2.4 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.34.CMW2.4

1Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK; 2Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.


This practical and interactive session will explore the difficult clinical presentation of sweating.

This problem is very commonly encountered in primary care, and can present a major diagnostic and management challenge. In practise, although there are multiple endocrine causes for excessive sweating, in the majority of cases presenting with this symptom alone, no endocrine cause is found.

An overview of the most important aspects of history taking and examination will be given, to help identify patients in whom organic endocrine pathology is most likely.

An algorithm will also be presented to ensure that investigation is focussed and pragmatic. Multiple clinical case examples will then be presented to demonstrate the most common endocrine and non endocrine causes of sweating.

Finally, the session will summarise current best available management for patients with problematic hyperhydrosis, where endocrine pathology has been excluded.

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