Sweating in my scrubs... yuck

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Alright, my fellow nursing people, I need your expertise. I have a dilemma of sweaty sorts.

I'm a sweaty, sweaty person. Ever since puberty I've been plagued with an excessive sweat problem in the armpit areas that has caused a lot of embarrassment and severely limited my wardrobe options. I like to compare my sweating to that of a large hairy Russian man in Florida during a heat wave. Yep, it's that bad.

For the past few quarters of nursing school I've been suffering in royal blue scrubs that show every water drop with spot light brilliance. Since there's no option for different scrubs, I need some advice on how to curb the sweat mark notability.

Has anyone found a particular type of shirt to wear under their scrubs that's amazing at wicking moisture, without redistributing it onto the scrubs? I've considered Under Armor, but recently heard it's not that great if you're a super sweater. Anyone else have this problem and have any found ingenious ideas?

By the way, I'm not looking for medical advice here. I know I can probably find a pharmaceutical cure for this problem, but since I cannot afford even the cheapest insurance right now... it's not on the table as an option. And yes, I've tried every type of deodorant known to man kind.

I know doctor isn't an option right now, but just want to agree with some of the other posters. I also used to have this problem and it was such a simple fix with a dermatologist that literally changes everything. You never have to worry again and you can wear whatever clothes you want!!!

Hopefully you'll have insurance soon since it's mandatory next year....

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Do you get hypoglycemic?

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Nope, I'm 100% healthy with normal BG and BP.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.
When I was entering puberty eons ago and started to sweat profusely they had what was called dress shields that my mom got for me. You pinned them in place. I haven't seen dress shields anywhere in decades. Guess they have fallen out of "fashion".[/quote']

You can get them at a fabric store. I used those when I was a teen. My hyperhidrosis was so bad, I ended up getting ETS surgery for it. Best thing I ever did!

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Specializes in Emergency.
So, as I wrote in my original post I cannot go to the doctor for this. I do not have health insurance because I cannot afford even the cheapest offering for it right now

Does anyone find this odd? Don't you need insurance to be a nursing student?

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Does anyone find this odd? Don't you need insurance to be a nursing student?

I don't.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Does anyone find this odd? Don't you need insurance to be a nursing student?

Not all programs require medical insurance to be carried by the student. Ours doesn't.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Oh wow, I guess I just found that bizarre. Didn't think it was an optional thing. You guys are required to get though, right? Or is that another thing we have to pay that people don't?? Lol.

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Oh wow I guess I just found that bizarre. Didn't think it was an optional thing. You guys are required to get malpractice insurance though, right? Or is that another thing we have to pay that people don't?? Lol.[/quote']

Our school provides us with insurance in case something happens to us at clinical or school. That's all we have to have, and it's part of our tuition I believe. We clip the schools insurance card to our badges. We don't have to provide any kind of insurance for ourselves.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.
Oh wow I guess I just found that bizarre. Didn't think it was an optional thing. You guys are required to get malpractice insurance though, right? Or is that another thing we have to pay that people don't?? Lol.[/quote']. Our school covers that, as well. I'm sure I'm paying for it in tuition, though.

No health insurance required for us.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

We're required to have health insurance for 10 or more credits, that's for the school in general not just the nursing program. We aren't required to have , although I do anyways just from being an LPN.

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We aren't required to have at our school. I don't have health insurance because I literally cannot afford it. Insurance rates in my area are through the roof. For my husband and I, the cheapest health insurance we could find was over $300 a month. That's my entire grocery budget for a month. Though my school requires health insurance I get by that by being enrolled in a "health care sharing program". It's not insurance, but would cover a decent amount of my medical bills in a serious medical situation. It's basically like having catastrophic insurance because the deductible is $10k. We basically pay cash for any doctor's visits.

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