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I am writing to document the recurring issues with the "external links" section of the hyperhidrosis page. This is an effort to make clear the type of links that meet Wikipedia's criteria and those that do not.
Per Wikipedia’s spam policy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam, links added to promote a product are not appropriate. Linking to a specific page on a website that might offer hyperhidrosis treatment information is not an exception, regardless of the quality of that information. This must be so, as anyone trying to sell such hyperhidrosis remedies would simply add such a page to their site in the hopes of creating a spam doorway to promote their products. Wikipedia is not a tool to be manipulated for the purpose of promoting products.
Moreover, there have been issues with blog sites being listed as run by non-profit organizations. These blog sites have the distinct appearance of being spam doorways that link to product websites. Simply put, they are sham facades that are built with the single purpose of directing traffic to product sites. This methodology is deceptive and it is a clear violation of Wikipedia policy.
It should also be noted that each and every time a particular product promotion link was added, another “non-profit” blog site was added by the same user. Moreover, there is no clear ownership or authorship attributable to this blog. I have requested verification that this blog is in fact run by a certified Section 501 C non-profit organization. These requests were never answered.
Lastly, the same user who has repeatedly added spam links has also committed two other notable activities:
1. They remove the link to sweathelp.org, the website of the certified Section 501(C) non-profit organization for the hyperhidrosis community, each and every time, never noting an editorial reason
2. They removed talk page comments from me and other users (JakeIHHS on 20:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC) ) asking why the sweathelp.org was removed.
It is clear that this individual does not want a link to sweathelp.org, nor do they want any record of their behavior or other users’ requests for the link to be preserved. This is malicious to those who come to the Wikipedia page in search of help for a truly significant medical condition. I could not fathom someone removing the link to the American Cancer Society page from the Wikipedia cancer article, but this individual seems to think that it is OK to do to the hyperhidrosis community.
I ask that all concerned please be vigilant for inappropriate behavior on the hyperhidrosis page. In particular, please be attentive to the “External Links” area.
Tim Carter Pedrera 02:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Here's some information that I have removed from the Atropine page. It should probably be re-integrated on this page: -- Mdwyer 17:17, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
An article on eMedicine ( http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic893.htm) reports:
"Systemic agents used to treat hyperhidrosis include anticholinergic medications. Anticholinergics such as propantheline bromide, glycopyrrolate, oxybutynin, and benztropine are effective because the preglandular neurotransmitter for sweat secretion is acetylcholine (although the sympathetic nervous system innervates the eccrine sweat glands). The use of anticholinergics may be unappealing because their adverse effect profile includes mydriasis, blurry vision, dry mouth and eyes, difficulty with micturition, and constipation."
I just copyedited this article (a lot) to remove its commercial feel, some content from there might want to be merged here. SailorfromNH 00:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
"....but this hyperactivity may in turn be caused by abnormal brain function." What does this mean? Can this be specified? Source?
The temperature regulation part of the brain, hypothalamus I believe it's called.
Please see Wikipedia Talk:External links, where is is clear that the meaning of "mandated by the article itself" does not mean what User:137.132.3.11 wants it to mean: "forums [...] should not be linked to, unless they are the subject of the article". See also WP:NOT. -- Mwanner | Talk 16:50, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
There are many efficacy claims made in the treatment section of this article that aren't substantiated by verifiable sources. Please add the appropriate citattions or remove the efficacy claims. See WP:V - Wikiwag 13:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
What a sham of an article...it makes it seems as though Hyperhidrosis patients - the correct term (not "sufferers") - are no different from lepers. The condition is very controllable. The primary reason why people "suffer" is because they fail to recognize that they have a medical condition. I accentuated that, and I hope in further revisions that will be done as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.201.230.223 ( talk) 19:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
"The condition is very controllable": the author of this statement reveals his, or her, ignorance by writing it. My Hyperhidrosis was triggered overnight some nineteen years ago by treatment I was undergoing for a different ailment. It has proved entirely uncontrollable with medication and my case is deemed unsuitable for surgery, or Botox, as it covers too large an area of skin. As a result I have been left with Agoraphobia in addition to Hyperhydrosis. I have an another, life-threatening condition, but it hasn't affected my life nearly as much as my severe sweating. I wouldn't normally write these words, but I cannot bear to see such ill-informed opinions in black and white. (JS) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.100.135 ( talk) 21:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have been trying to add an external link to the hyperhidrosis article. I believe I have read the guidelines on editing and on external links and have understood them. I have operated in good faith and according to the rules by adding the name of and link to the International Hyperhidrosis Society -- a non-profit dedicated to providing information to those that suffer from hyperhidrosis. There are no sales on the site. The site keeps getting removed from the external links. I just tried again, this time without the specific website name. I am not trying to do something against the rules. Yes the link gets removed every time I put it there. Any ideas? Did I miss something? Additionally, there was a message for me regarding a post on a Torah article. I did not make such a posting. Any ideas on that would be appreciated as well. Thank you. JakeIHHS 20:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Jake,
There are many people trying to make a quick buck from the unfortunate people who suffer from this condition. That being the sad state of things, someone (or group) has been constantly removing the link to the International Hyperhidrosis Society and replacing it with a link to “www.megadry.com/excessive-sweating-info.html”. This is obvious spamming of the wikipedia page.
I’ve been asked to look into the constant vandalism of the wikipedia page (an important resource for the entire hyperhidrosis community). I’ll do my best, but if anyone else sees that “www.sweathelp.org” is removed, please add it back. And please remove the link to “www.megadry.com/excessive-sweating-info.html” if the spammers return. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tim Carter Pedrera ( talk • contribs) 03:24, November 27, 2007
Acupuncture is not a medical procedure, period. -- 76.224.86.43 ( talk) 04:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The deletion was made because the data was illogical. Of course one may sweat during heavy exercise, however, hyperhidrosis does not refer to heavy exercise. Hyperhidrosis is diagnosed based on the premise that heavy sweating occurs while one is not in a hot area or exercised. Mike 1:20, 19 February 2008
I added a Section of people with Hyperhidrosis. I only know of Ahman Green, but aif anyone else know of anyone else with Hyperhidrosis, please add them. Blackmachismo131 ( talk) 22:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
The armpits picture and sweaty hands diagram are both pointless and aside from being graphical don't add anything to the article. I can't remove them because the article is protected. Can anyone help? 217.132.150.164 ( talk) 10:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Quoted from the article: "[...] more serious consequences than just hyperhidrosis.". The use of the word "just" is subjective (implying that hyperhidrosis itself isn't serious, which depends on a case-by-case basic of the persons having hyperhidrosis) and does not add anything to this sentence. Please remove the word "just" from this sentence (can't seem to edit the page myself). 85.159.97.1 ( talk) 10:40, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Please add an inter-language link, " ja:多汗症", underneath nl:Hyperhidrose. Nikm ( talk) 23:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
I entered 2 external links, one of them the Forum for people who have had ETS, the surgery this article promotes to give an insight into the reality of the side-effects these people end up with - after and elective surgery...( http://etsandreversals.yuku.com/directory), and a blog site where articles from medical journals regarding the various effects (side-effects?) of sympathectomy are published. ( http://sympathectomy.blogspot.com/) Both are relevant to the article that seems to promote the surgical procedure. The 2 external sites left are also sites that advertise this surgical procedure (often without warning of the possible adverse outcomes). The 2 sites I added had no commercial interest, they are set up so that people can find out more about the surgery and can get a more balanced view. I am concerned that the 2 external links have been removed because it would hurt the commercial interest of a selct group who advocate the procedure. I would like an explanation why the links were removed and would like them reinstated. Porcelina81 ( talk) 21:27, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
I ask you to tell me which information/statement needs more external links. I am happy to substantiate anything I have written on wiki, and not from my personal experience but from the research I have done on the subject, a research that is entirely based on the material published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
If you are so much against the external links (that are collection of the research I have done, then I propose that all external links be removed. Not just those that present the facts.
I also ask that you stop inserting links to a well known ETS surgeon's website, whom you describe as having developed a revolutionary technique. How would you know?! You also added him as a reference/authority on the subject. As the results of his work can not be considered scientific evidence and have not been reviewed by independent research, it also constitutes personal experience and nothing more. Science needs to be science based, and so far there is overwhelming evidence that sympathectomy has many - undisclosed - side-effects. Porcelina81 ( talk) 02:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
This article seems to wander back and forth between being reasonably neutral on the point of surgical treatment to being firmly opposed to it. At the risk of being long-winded, let me start at the beginning:
Purpose of Wikipedia: Wikipedia requires that we don't provide "the answer" to patients: we're not even supposed to be writing with patients in mind. We're supposed to be writing for the general reader, who might be writing about this subject for school, or who found this page when he clicked Special:Randompage and has no practical use for the information. We make no recommendations. We present no conclusions. We don't try to scare off patients from a treatment, and we don't try to entice them into trying a treatment. In fact, we're supposed to ignore patients' needs entirely and write an encyclopedia article instead of a patient information brochure.
What a neutral article is: Wikipedia is supposed to fairly present the views of the recognized experts in the field. In this case, 'recognized experts' means physicians and medical researchers, not patients, their family members, charitable organizations, or anyone else. A neutral article says whatever the majority of experts say. So if most experts support this surgery routinely for a defined set of patients, then a neutral article reports that surgery is routine. (Note the difference between "is" and "should be, according my personal opinion and the small minority of experts that oppose it".) If most experts do this surgery only as a last resort, then a neutral article says that surgery is a last resort.
If the experts disagree, then Wikipedia reports that they disagree, listing, if appropriate, the points made by each side and making some effort to suggest the current overall view. So if the disagreement is evenly split -- one physician recommending the surgery (in appropriate cases) for every one physician that decries it for all cases -- then a neutral article presents these views as equally valid alternatives. If most physicians support it, or if most physicians discourage it, but it's perhaps two on one side for every three on the other side (instead of an overwhelming majority one way or the other), then we report that as accurately as we can. For example, we might say that the surgery is supported (or discouraged) by many physicians, but there is no universal agreement.
What is a biased article: What we don't do is systematically go through an article and delete everything that supports the surgery or suggests that its side effects are always as horrible as they might be, and replace it with a long screed about how all the known side effects are obviously proven and none of the benefits exist, so that patients will make the right choice in the real world.
This seems, in my opinion, to be the overall goal of the recent changes. This kind of advocacy is not acceptable on Wikipedia.
To fix this article: I suggest that the most straightforward way of fixing this article is to start looking at the experts' own summaries of information about this procedure, which is to say review papers instead of original experimental literature. This is actually what is recommended at the relevant guideline, and the best way to bring this article into compliance with Wikipedia's policies. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 23:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
But there is no evidence that supports the surgery. That's the point. The fact that the surgeons who offer the elective procedure say that it is effective, safe etc, is not evidence and should not be presented as such on wiki. This page should be science based, and I would like to see the scientific evidence presented. Claims from doctors are not satisfactory, not even when it is presented by a majority - all of whom provide the surgery.
You are suggesting to review 'papers' presented by doctors based on their own experience. I strongly disagree that this should or could be considered scientific evidence. How could it be? And I am also concerned that you - I suspect - consider the research into the effects of the surgery to be "experimental literature". They are independent studies that publish the results of their observations. ETS surgeons do not study and do not apply rigorous testing and questioning of their technique. So I think there is a problem with your definition of what constitutes 'science', 'evidence' or 'study'.
Porcelina81 (
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02:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
I strongly protest agianst you inserting Reisfeld's paper where he talks about his own experience with patients after lumbar sympathectomy. There is no way to verify any claims/statements in his article and because of the obvious bias should not be considered as evidence.
Please stop making claims that there is now evidence that lumbar sympathectomy does no cause sexual dysfunction, impotency and retrograde ejaculation, or if you do, please cite a credible, independent source/study with no interest in the findings - not Reisfeld please. Your insistence of including him on this page and attempting to show him as someone with a superior technique and results to other surgeons is still advertising. I have no doubt that you have an interest in Reisfeld's work.
Your objections are not valid. The articles you object to are from the British Medical Journal, Oxford University Press, and the one that you call not credible because it appears in the Internet Journal of Surgery has an extensive reference list, also from controlled trials, British Medical Jounal and so on. A controlled trial is not credible to you when it does not agree with your agenda, but Reisfeld's obviously biased self-congratulatory article is good evidence. Please drop the double standards. Reisfeld is not better than the others who push this surgery. I know few of his patients who became disabled as the result of this surgery. And when I say disabled I am not using it as a metaphor.
Porcelina81 (
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00:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Ok. I really think the two of you should stop editing this article for a couple of days before this situation gets any worse. There is no way to achieve a neutral point of view (or anything close to it) while this back and forth editing is going on. Then perhaps we can get some other editors on board to help us make sense of it all.
There are many problems with the article, but the world will not end if it sits in its current state for a little while. Can we take a breath, please? Basie ( talk) 03:29, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
There is a lot of material/studies and research from the 50s up to the 80s and so on into hte effects of the sympathectomy. Of course it was not included to illustrate sweating or lack of it, it was an article illustrating cardiac denervation after sympathectomy...I thought that would be clear. I also added more studies, for example the Holter changes that looked at humans who had hyperhidrosis and underwent sympathectomy to treat the condition. That article was concluded with the sentence: "Consistently spectral analysis variables significantly changed after bilateral surgery but showed no right-sided dominance. Little effect of sympathectomy was found on the QT interval, which tended to decrease after bilateral sympathectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Patients should be informed of the bradycardia resulting from sympathectomy." Te article also describes how the test was done. It is something that is measurable, if you like tangible evidence and I can not see how or what kind of bias could be in this article. It seems very straightforward to me. Feel free to remove the dog study, however the article from 2002: Holter changes resulting from right-sided and bilateral infrastellate upper thoracic sympathectomy are relevant and significant and should be included. I will also add the Goldstein study, who did a controlled trial including patients after ETS for HH, that showed the upper-thoracic symathectomy denervates the heart. Porcelina81 ( talk) 07:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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link).It appears that you aren't able to justify how a 33-year-old study in dogs meets Wikipedia's standards, so I am removing that study from the article. The statement it was associated with has other refs behind it, so the statement itself can stay (for now, at least). WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
It's time to move on to the next one.
You claim that this case report involving a single patient proves, "Some patients have also been shown to experience a cardiac sympathetic denervation, which results in a 10% lowered heartbeat during both rest and exercise."
This is a primary source and a single-patient case study, involving a patient with cardiac problems (sympathectomy was for angina pectoris: the cardiac sympathetic denervation was deliberate in this case) and severe burns but not Hyperhidrosis, so it is both weak and off-topic. It does not actually say anything about 10% reductions. It reports nothing about the patient being either at normal rest or at exercise: The case report is solely about unusual complications encountered when the patient was under general anesthesia.
This source does not comply with Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources in medicine-related articles. It must therefore be removed. Do you agree to have this one source removed as not complying with Wikipedia's standards, or would you like to ask the the reliable sources noticeboard to arbitrate the concerns about this source? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Next source:
This source is used to support the statement "in males retrograde ejaculation (male infertility) and inability to maintain erection has been reported."
This is a high-quality source on the subject of autonomic failure, although it's not about hyperhidrosis. The biggest problem is that it does not contain this information. The words "retrograde", "ejaculation", "infertility", and "erection" simply do not appear in the source.
This source has {{ failed verification}}. It must therefore be removed. Do you agree to have this one source removed as not complying with Wikipedia's standards, or would you like to ask the the reliable sources noticeboard to arbitrate the concerns about this source? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 05:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
This source is used to support the statement "This type of sympathectomy is also controversial, as patients undergoing the procedure often end up with hypotension, (a sign of autonomic dysfunction), and in males retrograde ejaculation (male infertility) and inability to maintain erection has been reported."
This paper reports on a single patient, treated in 1983. This patient did not have hyperhidrosis. This source is therefore irrelevant. I am therefore removing it. If you think that this source is important to an article about hyperhidrosis, please explain your reasoning here. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 21:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This source is used to support the assertion, "ETS side effects have been described as ranging from trivial to devastating."
This editorial paper focuses on an entirely unrelated condition involving significant, complex, intractable pain. It's not reasonable to assume that side effects seen in these patients are the same as side effects seen in people with hyperhidrosis. This source, and its attendant statement (unless we can produce other sources that suggest this is a generally applicable statement), should therefore be removed. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 21:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
WhatamIdoing, you exchanged Reisfeld's article for another one - equally poor quality. It is not a study, it is a general statement of the surgeon offering the procedure, thus can be suspect of bias. There is no reference to any test, measurement or any form of investigation the surgeon would have done. Please apply the rigor you demand of others to yourself and your articles. Please remove it, it does not qualify for publication. Porcelina81 ( talk) 19:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
I am writing to document the recurring issues with the "external links" section of the hyperhidrosis page. This is an effort to make clear the type of links that meet Wikipedia's criteria and those that do not.
Per Wikipedia’s spam policy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam, links added to promote a product are not appropriate. Linking to a specific page on a website that might offer hyperhidrosis treatment information is not an exception, regardless of the quality of that information. This must be so, as anyone trying to sell such hyperhidrosis remedies would simply add such a page to their site in the hopes of creating a spam doorway to promote their products. Wikipedia is not a tool to be manipulated for the purpose of promoting products.
Moreover, there have been issues with blog sites being listed as run by non-profit organizations. These blog sites have the distinct appearance of being spam doorways that link to product websites. Simply put, they are sham facades that are built with the single purpose of directing traffic to product sites. This methodology is deceptive and it is a clear violation of Wikipedia policy.
It should also be noted that each and every time a particular product promotion link was added, another “non-profit” blog site was added by the same user. Moreover, there is no clear ownership or authorship attributable to this blog. I have requested verification that this blog is in fact run by a certified Section 501 C non-profit organization. These requests were never answered.
Lastly, the same user who has repeatedly added spam links has also committed two other notable activities:
1. They remove the link to sweathelp.org, the website of the certified Section 501(C) non-profit organization for the hyperhidrosis community, each and every time, never noting an editorial reason
2. They removed talk page comments from me and other users (JakeIHHS on 20:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC) ) asking why the sweathelp.org was removed.
It is clear that this individual does not want a link to sweathelp.org, nor do they want any record of their behavior or other users’ requests for the link to be preserved. This is malicious to those who come to the Wikipedia page in search of help for a truly significant medical condition. I could not fathom someone removing the link to the American Cancer Society page from the Wikipedia cancer article, but this individual seems to think that it is OK to do to the hyperhidrosis community.
I ask that all concerned please be vigilant for inappropriate behavior on the hyperhidrosis page. In particular, please be attentive to the “External Links” area.
Tim Carter Pedrera 02:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Here's some information that I have removed from the Atropine page. It should probably be re-integrated on this page: -- Mdwyer 17:17, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
An article on eMedicine ( http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic893.htm) reports:
"Systemic agents used to treat hyperhidrosis include anticholinergic medications. Anticholinergics such as propantheline bromide, glycopyrrolate, oxybutynin, and benztropine are effective because the preglandular neurotransmitter for sweat secretion is acetylcholine (although the sympathetic nervous system innervates the eccrine sweat glands). The use of anticholinergics may be unappealing because their adverse effect profile includes mydriasis, blurry vision, dry mouth and eyes, difficulty with micturition, and constipation."
I just copyedited this article (a lot) to remove its commercial feel, some content from there might want to be merged here. SailorfromNH 00:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
"....but this hyperactivity may in turn be caused by abnormal brain function." What does this mean? Can this be specified? Source?
The temperature regulation part of the brain, hypothalamus I believe it's called.
Please see Wikipedia Talk:External links, where is is clear that the meaning of "mandated by the article itself" does not mean what User:137.132.3.11 wants it to mean: "forums [...] should not be linked to, unless they are the subject of the article". See also WP:NOT. -- Mwanner | Talk 16:50, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
There are many efficacy claims made in the treatment section of this article that aren't substantiated by verifiable sources. Please add the appropriate citattions or remove the efficacy claims. See WP:V - Wikiwag 13:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
What a sham of an article...it makes it seems as though Hyperhidrosis patients - the correct term (not "sufferers") - are no different from lepers. The condition is very controllable. The primary reason why people "suffer" is because they fail to recognize that they have a medical condition. I accentuated that, and I hope in further revisions that will be done as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.201.230.223 ( talk) 19:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
"The condition is very controllable": the author of this statement reveals his, or her, ignorance by writing it. My Hyperhidrosis was triggered overnight some nineteen years ago by treatment I was undergoing for a different ailment. It has proved entirely uncontrollable with medication and my case is deemed unsuitable for surgery, or Botox, as it covers too large an area of skin. As a result I have been left with Agoraphobia in addition to Hyperhydrosis. I have an another, life-threatening condition, but it hasn't affected my life nearly as much as my severe sweating. I wouldn't normally write these words, but I cannot bear to see such ill-informed opinions in black and white. (JS) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.100.135 ( talk) 21:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have been trying to add an external link to the hyperhidrosis article. I believe I have read the guidelines on editing and on external links and have understood them. I have operated in good faith and according to the rules by adding the name of and link to the International Hyperhidrosis Society -- a non-profit dedicated to providing information to those that suffer from hyperhidrosis. There are no sales on the site. The site keeps getting removed from the external links. I just tried again, this time without the specific website name. I am not trying to do something against the rules. Yes the link gets removed every time I put it there. Any ideas? Did I miss something? Additionally, there was a message for me regarding a post on a Torah article. I did not make such a posting. Any ideas on that would be appreciated as well. Thank you. JakeIHHS 20:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Jake,
There are many people trying to make a quick buck from the unfortunate people who suffer from this condition. That being the sad state of things, someone (or group) has been constantly removing the link to the International Hyperhidrosis Society and replacing it with a link to “www.megadry.com/excessive-sweating-info.html”. This is obvious spamming of the wikipedia page.
I’ve been asked to look into the constant vandalism of the wikipedia page (an important resource for the entire hyperhidrosis community). I’ll do my best, but if anyone else sees that “www.sweathelp.org” is removed, please add it back. And please remove the link to “www.megadry.com/excessive-sweating-info.html” if the spammers return. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tim Carter Pedrera ( talk • contribs) 03:24, November 27, 2007
Acupuncture is not a medical procedure, period. -- 76.224.86.43 ( talk) 04:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The deletion was made because the data was illogical. Of course one may sweat during heavy exercise, however, hyperhidrosis does not refer to heavy exercise. Hyperhidrosis is diagnosed based on the premise that heavy sweating occurs while one is not in a hot area or exercised. Mike 1:20, 19 February 2008
I added a Section of people with Hyperhidrosis. I only know of Ahman Green, but aif anyone else know of anyone else with Hyperhidrosis, please add them. Blackmachismo131 ( talk) 22:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
The armpits picture and sweaty hands diagram are both pointless and aside from being graphical don't add anything to the article. I can't remove them because the article is protected. Can anyone help? 217.132.150.164 ( talk) 10:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Quoted from the article: "[...] more serious consequences than just hyperhidrosis.". The use of the word "just" is subjective (implying that hyperhidrosis itself isn't serious, which depends on a case-by-case basic of the persons having hyperhidrosis) and does not add anything to this sentence. Please remove the word "just" from this sentence (can't seem to edit the page myself). 85.159.97.1 ( talk) 10:40, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Please add an inter-language link, " ja:多汗症", underneath nl:Hyperhidrose. Nikm ( talk) 23:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
I entered 2 external links, one of them the Forum for people who have had ETS, the surgery this article promotes to give an insight into the reality of the side-effects these people end up with - after and elective surgery...( http://etsandreversals.yuku.com/directory), and a blog site where articles from medical journals regarding the various effects (side-effects?) of sympathectomy are published. ( http://sympathectomy.blogspot.com/) Both are relevant to the article that seems to promote the surgical procedure. The 2 external sites left are also sites that advertise this surgical procedure (often without warning of the possible adverse outcomes). The 2 sites I added had no commercial interest, they are set up so that people can find out more about the surgery and can get a more balanced view. I am concerned that the 2 external links have been removed because it would hurt the commercial interest of a selct group who advocate the procedure. I would like an explanation why the links were removed and would like them reinstated. Porcelina81 ( talk) 21:27, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
I ask you to tell me which information/statement needs more external links. I am happy to substantiate anything I have written on wiki, and not from my personal experience but from the research I have done on the subject, a research that is entirely based on the material published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
If you are so much against the external links (that are collection of the research I have done, then I propose that all external links be removed. Not just those that present the facts.
I also ask that you stop inserting links to a well known ETS surgeon's website, whom you describe as having developed a revolutionary technique. How would you know?! You also added him as a reference/authority on the subject. As the results of his work can not be considered scientific evidence and have not been reviewed by independent research, it also constitutes personal experience and nothing more. Science needs to be science based, and so far there is overwhelming evidence that sympathectomy has many - undisclosed - side-effects. Porcelina81 ( talk) 02:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
This article seems to wander back and forth between being reasonably neutral on the point of surgical treatment to being firmly opposed to it. At the risk of being long-winded, let me start at the beginning:
Purpose of Wikipedia: Wikipedia requires that we don't provide "the answer" to patients: we're not even supposed to be writing with patients in mind. We're supposed to be writing for the general reader, who might be writing about this subject for school, or who found this page when he clicked Special:Randompage and has no practical use for the information. We make no recommendations. We present no conclusions. We don't try to scare off patients from a treatment, and we don't try to entice them into trying a treatment. In fact, we're supposed to ignore patients' needs entirely and write an encyclopedia article instead of a patient information brochure.
What a neutral article is: Wikipedia is supposed to fairly present the views of the recognized experts in the field. In this case, 'recognized experts' means physicians and medical researchers, not patients, their family members, charitable organizations, or anyone else. A neutral article says whatever the majority of experts say. So if most experts support this surgery routinely for a defined set of patients, then a neutral article reports that surgery is routine. (Note the difference between "is" and "should be, according my personal opinion and the small minority of experts that oppose it".) If most experts do this surgery only as a last resort, then a neutral article says that surgery is a last resort.
If the experts disagree, then Wikipedia reports that they disagree, listing, if appropriate, the points made by each side and making some effort to suggest the current overall view. So if the disagreement is evenly split -- one physician recommending the surgery (in appropriate cases) for every one physician that decries it for all cases -- then a neutral article presents these views as equally valid alternatives. If most physicians support it, or if most physicians discourage it, but it's perhaps two on one side for every three on the other side (instead of an overwhelming majority one way or the other), then we report that as accurately as we can. For example, we might say that the surgery is supported (or discouraged) by many physicians, but there is no universal agreement.
What is a biased article: What we don't do is systematically go through an article and delete everything that supports the surgery or suggests that its side effects are always as horrible as they might be, and replace it with a long screed about how all the known side effects are obviously proven and none of the benefits exist, so that patients will make the right choice in the real world.
This seems, in my opinion, to be the overall goal of the recent changes. This kind of advocacy is not acceptable on Wikipedia.
To fix this article: I suggest that the most straightforward way of fixing this article is to start looking at the experts' own summaries of information about this procedure, which is to say review papers instead of original experimental literature. This is actually what is recommended at the relevant guideline, and the best way to bring this article into compliance with Wikipedia's policies. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 23:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
But there is no evidence that supports the surgery. That's the point. The fact that the surgeons who offer the elective procedure say that it is effective, safe etc, is not evidence and should not be presented as such on wiki. This page should be science based, and I would like to see the scientific evidence presented. Claims from doctors are not satisfactory, not even when it is presented by a majority - all of whom provide the surgery.
You are suggesting to review 'papers' presented by doctors based on their own experience. I strongly disagree that this should or could be considered scientific evidence. How could it be? And I am also concerned that you - I suspect - consider the research into the effects of the surgery to be "experimental literature". They are independent studies that publish the results of their observations. ETS surgeons do not study and do not apply rigorous testing and questioning of their technique. So I think there is a problem with your definition of what constitutes 'science', 'evidence' or 'study'.
Porcelina81 (
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02:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
I strongly protest agianst you inserting Reisfeld's paper where he talks about his own experience with patients after lumbar sympathectomy. There is no way to verify any claims/statements in his article and because of the obvious bias should not be considered as evidence.
Please stop making claims that there is now evidence that lumbar sympathectomy does no cause sexual dysfunction, impotency and retrograde ejaculation, or if you do, please cite a credible, independent source/study with no interest in the findings - not Reisfeld please. Your insistence of including him on this page and attempting to show him as someone with a superior technique and results to other surgeons is still advertising. I have no doubt that you have an interest in Reisfeld's work.
Your objections are not valid. The articles you object to are from the British Medical Journal, Oxford University Press, and the one that you call not credible because it appears in the Internet Journal of Surgery has an extensive reference list, also from controlled trials, British Medical Jounal and so on. A controlled trial is not credible to you when it does not agree with your agenda, but Reisfeld's obviously biased self-congratulatory article is good evidence. Please drop the double standards. Reisfeld is not better than the others who push this surgery. I know few of his patients who became disabled as the result of this surgery. And when I say disabled I am not using it as a metaphor.
Porcelina81 (
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00:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Ok. I really think the two of you should stop editing this article for a couple of days before this situation gets any worse. There is no way to achieve a neutral point of view (or anything close to it) while this back and forth editing is going on. Then perhaps we can get some other editors on board to help us make sense of it all.
There are many problems with the article, but the world will not end if it sits in its current state for a little while. Can we take a breath, please? Basie ( talk) 03:29, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
There is a lot of material/studies and research from the 50s up to the 80s and so on into hte effects of the sympathectomy. Of course it was not included to illustrate sweating or lack of it, it was an article illustrating cardiac denervation after sympathectomy...I thought that would be clear. I also added more studies, for example the Holter changes that looked at humans who had hyperhidrosis and underwent sympathectomy to treat the condition. That article was concluded with the sentence: "Consistently spectral analysis variables significantly changed after bilateral surgery but showed no right-sided dominance. Little effect of sympathectomy was found on the QT interval, which tended to decrease after bilateral sympathectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Patients should be informed of the bradycardia resulting from sympathectomy." Te article also describes how the test was done. It is something that is measurable, if you like tangible evidence and I can not see how or what kind of bias could be in this article. It seems very straightforward to me. Feel free to remove the dog study, however the article from 2002: Holter changes resulting from right-sided and bilateral infrastellate upper thoracic sympathectomy are relevant and significant and should be included. I will also add the Goldstein study, who did a controlled trial including patients after ETS for HH, that showed the upper-thoracic symathectomy denervates the heart. Porcelina81 ( talk) 07:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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link).It appears that you aren't able to justify how a 33-year-old study in dogs meets Wikipedia's standards, so I am removing that study from the article. The statement it was associated with has other refs behind it, so the statement itself can stay (for now, at least). WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
It's time to move on to the next one.
You claim that this case report involving a single patient proves, "Some patients have also been shown to experience a cardiac sympathetic denervation, which results in a 10% lowered heartbeat during both rest and exercise."
This is a primary source and a single-patient case study, involving a patient with cardiac problems (sympathectomy was for angina pectoris: the cardiac sympathetic denervation was deliberate in this case) and severe burns but not Hyperhidrosis, so it is both weak and off-topic. It does not actually say anything about 10% reductions. It reports nothing about the patient being either at normal rest or at exercise: The case report is solely about unusual complications encountered when the patient was under general anesthesia.
This source does not comply with Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources in medicine-related articles. It must therefore be removed. Do you agree to have this one source removed as not complying with Wikipedia's standards, or would you like to ask the the reliable sources noticeboard to arbitrate the concerns about this source? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Next source:
This source is used to support the statement "in males retrograde ejaculation (male infertility) and inability to maintain erection has been reported."
This is a high-quality source on the subject of autonomic failure, although it's not about hyperhidrosis. The biggest problem is that it does not contain this information. The words "retrograde", "ejaculation", "infertility", and "erection" simply do not appear in the source.
This source has {{ failed verification}}. It must therefore be removed. Do you agree to have this one source removed as not complying with Wikipedia's standards, or would you like to ask the the reliable sources noticeboard to arbitrate the concerns about this source? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 05:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
This source is used to support the statement "This type of sympathectomy is also controversial, as patients undergoing the procedure often end up with hypotension, (a sign of autonomic dysfunction), and in males retrograde ejaculation (male infertility) and inability to maintain erection has been reported."
This paper reports on a single patient, treated in 1983. This patient did not have hyperhidrosis. This source is therefore irrelevant. I am therefore removing it. If you think that this source is important to an article about hyperhidrosis, please explain your reasoning here. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 21:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This source is used to support the assertion, "ETS side effects have been described as ranging from trivial to devastating."
This editorial paper focuses on an entirely unrelated condition involving significant, complex, intractable pain. It's not reasonable to assume that side effects seen in these patients are the same as side effects seen in people with hyperhidrosis. This source, and its attendant statement (unless we can produce other sources that suggest this is a generally applicable statement), should therefore be removed. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 21:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
WhatamIdoing, you exchanged Reisfeld's article for another one - equally poor quality. It is not a study, it is a general statement of the surgeon offering the procedure, thus can be suspect of bias. There is no reference to any test, measurement or any form of investigation the surgeon would have done. Please apply the rigor you demand of others to yourself and your articles. Please remove it, it does not qualify for publication. Porcelina81 ( talk) 19:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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