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Ishibashi et al1 reported the excellent efficacy of mexiletine for the treatment of segmental hyperhidrosis in two patients (who had syringomyelia and cavernous haemangioma of the spinal cord, respectively). They presented the decrement in the patients' sweat rate by oral administration of mexiletine.1
Previously we performed a clinical study focusing on sweating and identified 10 patients with segmental hyperhidrosis among 30 patients with syringomyelia. We followed up the patients with hyperhidrosis for 1–10 (mean 5.0) years. The amount of sweating did not change in any of them during the follow up period,2 although we did not perform a quantitative analysis. Consequently, we speculated that hyperhidrosis persists for at least a year. …