Hyperhidrosis can occur in many forms. One form of excess sweating is foot hyperhidrosis, which is also medically known as plantar hyperhidrosis. People who suffer from this condition usually start sweating in their feet even if they are not under stress or feeling warm. When they are faced with stress or spicy foods, their condition becomes aggravated further and will start to cause smelly feet. Foot or plantar hyperhidrosis can create the hot and damp conditions that promote bacterial and fungal growth. This causes smelly feet and ruins shoes, and embarrassment for the sufferer.

In order to start fighting foot hyperhidrosis, one should first understand how his or her condition is caused. There is primary hyperhidrosis, which causes sweating on the face, underarms, hands, and feet. The other type of hyperhidrosis is secondary hyperhidrosis, and this condition causes the entire body to sweat excessively.

There are many types of treatments available for foot hyperhidrosis, but none of them is guaranteed to work. Most treatments that seem to work, like antiperspirants, will require you to spend large amounts of money on them since they are short term cures. The last resort treatments include surgery, Iontophoresis (using electrical current to block sweat glands) and Botox injections (used to stop your sweat gland nerves from working properly).

One way that I have used successfully to treat excessive sweating is by natural remedies, which involve using readily available products at home that are applied every morning and night. I also changed my diets to avoid food that will worsen my excess perspiration, and instead choose diets that contain food to fight sweating.

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