Originally Posted by janinco

I've read that one of the tests that can help with diagnosis is the QSART (I haven't had that done yet). My arms, legs, hands and feet never sweat, but my head, neck, and chest will get drenched if I get even slightly warm and have the nerve stinging. I read that this can be related to autonomic neuropathy and wondered if any of you have experienced excessive sweating in some areas with none in hands and feet.

I found this section on hyperhydrosis on a Medscape site and thought it was interesting:

"Hyperhidrosis frequently accompanies small-fiber peripheral neuropathies. Excessive sweating may occur as a compensatory phenomenon involving proximal regions, such as the head and trunk, that are spared in a dying-back neuropathy. In addition, patients with small-fiber peripheral neuropathies may have excessive distal sweating, presumably due to spontaneous firing of injured neurons."

Jan