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Treatment of Drenching Sweats in Parkinson’s Disease

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Abnormal sweating is a sometimes distressing autonomic feature that relates to abnormal reflex vasodilation in skin. It occurs in 10–30% of Parkinson’s Disease patients and is possibly more common in younger women. Altered sweating appears to occur in two forms: that related to dopaminergic innervation (“off” sweating) and the other being non-dopaminergic. As sweat glands are stimulated by sympathetic cholinergic, adrenergic, and noradrenergic pathways, these represent the major non-dopaminergic types. Treatment options are limited. In some cases no treatment is needed. For the dopaminergic type, treating “off” times is the best strategy. For non-dopaminergic type the use of anticholinergics can be helpful.

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  1. Vance Lanier Chair of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Jean and Paul Amos Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Stewart A. Factor DO

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  1. The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished, Professor in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Stephen G. Reich

  2. Vance Lanier Chair of Neurology, Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Jean and Paul Amos Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Stewart A. Factor

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Factor, S.A. (2019). Treatment of Drenching Sweats in Parkinson’s Disease. In: Reich, S., Factor, S. (eds) Therapy of Movement Disorders. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97897-0_15

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