sweating on the job?

[supersonic7667]

Hey everyone, just wondering if any nurses out there sweat a lot on their face while they are at work? If so does your job let you to wear headbands or bandanas? Does the sweating make it hard to keep sterile environment or practice asepsis technique? Also have you had any issues with finding jobs or working in different departments/units because of the sweating?

I know it's a weird string of question but the reason why I am asking is because I am a nursing student with facial hyperhidrosis who is currently on LOA and might not return to school. During clinical and lab, I would sweat so much, that I looked like I dunked my head in a bucket of water. I work up a sweat very easily. I will sweat profusely from walking around the mall, going grocery shopping, giving presentations, etc...I've been like this since I was a little kid. I knew this might be an issue going into the program but I figure I would not let this stop me. But during school, the sweating caused me so much anxiety and stress that I took a LOA after the first semester despite doing really well (4.0). I just feel like that my sweating is gonna become an issue and hinder me from being an OR/ED nurse. any feed back would be great thanks!!

[SHURN]

As far as the botox, yes, I went to a derm. He also had prescribed robinul first. It worked ok, but man, I had some serious dry mouth and eyes! Remember, it's an anticholinergic med, so you get all the good things that go along with that. As far as the ETS, no idea. I sweat a lot on my back and underarms, so for me, botox was best. I can live with the back sweat (more easily managed and easier to cover.)