The problem often starts in adolescence and there is a tendency for the problem to run in families. Affected people may have excessive sweating isolated to the hands or feet, or more commonly to both. Occasionally facial sweating or upper lip sweating also occurs. Palmar sweating or sweating of the hands is not a body heat regulating mechanism and is more often associated with being nervous. Some people experience profuse sweating of the hands just thinking about sweating or personal contact like shaking hands.
None are permanent cures.