Summary
EVEN on a cold day Cassie Hayler had sweaty palms. But now the teenager, who lives in Hampshire with parents Angie, 41, and Iain, 46, has dry hands, thanks to an operation to cut a bundle of nerves. Here Cassie, 18, describes the experience to THEA JOURDAN, and her surgeon, Peter Leopold, explains the procedure.
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Extract
No Sweat! ; How a Surgeon Cured a Young Woman's Sticky Palms by Severing the Nerves in Her Back . . .
THORASCOPIC CERVICAL SYMPATHECTOMY
THE PATIENT UP UNTIL my teens, I didn't have a problem with sweating.Then it was as if a water hose had been turned on.My hands would be so drenched with sweat that I couldn't hold a pen to write a letter. The sweat would drip down me, even when it was freezing.It also affected my underarms and ...See the full content of this document
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