In a method for the manufacture of a pad built up from two fluid permeable, flexible sheets attached to each other with moisturizing, swellable gel in between, the sheets are supplied as pre-cut sheets and a first sheet of the pre-cut sheets is placed on a transport plate. Then, a layer of glue is applied on an upwardly facing side of the first sheet. Thereafter, gel beads are or gel powder is evenly applied on the upwardly facing side of the first sheet. Then, a second one of the pre-cut sheets is applied to the gel and the adhesive layer. Then a heated heating plate is pressed for some time on the top sheet of the pad formed this way.
