Are you looking for a way to stop hand sweating? Are you sometimes tempted to cut your hands off because they are so annoying? Does sweat drip uncontrollably from them like a leaky facet that no plumber can fix. I have been there and done that and I can completely relate with you. I feel your pain, I know what your are going through. At one stage I thought that I would do anything, if I could just have dry palms, just for a day. All of my daily activities were effected by my sweaty palms. I could barely type, hold a pen, touch a piece of paper without soaking it. I left soggy hand prints where ever I went. They were like a trail leading back to me. Not to mention the amount of people that I inflicted sweaty hand shakes and hand holds upon. I could see the look of repulsion in their eyes when they pulled their hands back and looked at me like I was some sort of a criminal.

Sound like your life?

Well anyways in the quest to stop hand sweating, at the time I would have done anything to stop the sweat leaking from my palms, but looking back now, there are a few methods that are less than safe and they have some potentially dangerous side effects. I just want to give you a quick overview of them before you decide what treatment method that you are going to pursue.

Antiperspirants For Your Hands

One of the main ingredients of antiperspirants is Aluminum Chloride. The may be called AlCl on the bottle. AlCl is the chemical symbol for Aluminium Chloride. This chemical has been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s in old age. If you have a family history of Alzheimer’s you should avoid this chemical and it is also advisable to avoid this chemical even if you do not have a family history. So be sure to check the label of you antiperspirant and to be aware of the chemicals that you are exposing yourself to.

Prescription Medications

It is possible for your doctor to prescribe a medication to you that will stop hand sweating. More often than not, this medication has not been designed specifically to stop hand sweating, rather this is a side effect of its primary function. This in itself is possibly dangerous as there is no way to accurately predict how your body is going to react to the medication. Also, your body sweats for a reason and this is an important reason. Your body sweats to maintain a healthy temperature in your body. Prescriptions to stop hand sweating will often stop your whole body from sweating, so you have to be careful as to not let your body overheat as this has the potential to be fatal. If your body gets too hot tissue and muscles begin to degenerate and if the progresses, death may be imminent.

Surgery To Stop Hand Sweating

A common side effect of surgery to stop hand sweating is that a secondary location begins to sweat excessively. This means that your hands stop sweating but your head or your backside can start producing excess sweat to make up for the loss of sweat production in your hands. This means that the problem is not solved, it is just transferred. Nerve damage is also possible with this method.

Methanol or Methyl Alcohol is a denaturant. It is a component of varnishes, paint removers, windshield wipers, anti-freeze solutions, copy-machine fluid and as a solvent.

Acute Poisoning

Acute Methanol Poisoning is usually a consequence of ingestion of cheap, adulterated, illicit liquor. Methanol is very toxic and requires as little as 30 ml of 40% solution to be fatal. Poisoning is mostly stratified among the people of lower socioeconomic status. On ingestion, Methanol is metabolized in the liver to formaldehyde and formic acid by alcohol dehydrogenase. Although both are toxic, formic acid is what causes the more serious delayed effects. It is also readily distributed in the liver, gastrointestinal tract, eyes and kidneys.

Clinical Features

Methanol is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, peak levels reaching within 1-2 hours. Onset of clinical manifestations is variable.

Early manifestations such as nausea, vomiting, headache, vertigo and gastritis are primarily caused by Methanol itself. High serum levels of Methanol (>40 mg/dl) is associated with obtundation, convulsions and coma.

Late manifestations such as visual disturbances, severe metabolic acidosis, seizures, coma and death are common after 30 hours after ingestion. The latent period is longer when Ethanol is ingested concurrently. Ocular toxicity is associated with diminished vision, flashing spots, dilated pupils, optic disc hyperemia, retinal edema and ultimately blindness.

Severe poisoning leads to myocardial depression, bradycardia and shock.

Laboratory Investigations

Apart from arterial blood gases which is essential, serum osmolality and anion gap assist in diagnosis. Renal and Liver function tests should be done and blood Methanol levels measured, if possible. CT scan of the brain may show bilateral putamen necrosis. A retrospective diagnosis of Methanol poisoning is sometimes based on this finding. Diagnosis is essentially clinical, but calculation of the osmolal and anion gap can help assess severity where serum methanol levels cannot be estimated.

Treatment

1. Unabsorbed Methanol should be removed by gastric lavage.

2. Supportive Measures:

• Correction of Acidosis
• Control of seizures
• Maintenance of nutrition
• Alkalization of urine enhances excretion of formic acid

3. Specific Measures:

• Administration of Ethanol to saturate alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver, preventing the formation of toxic metabolite, formaldehyde. A 5% solution of Ethanol is prepared and 15 ml/kg is given as loading dose and then 2-3 ml/kg/hour as maintenance dose orally. It can also be given intravenously.
• Hemodialysis enhances elimination of Methanol and Formic acid and is indicated when Methanol levels exceed 50 mg/dl. In the absence of serum Methanol level measurements, the osmolar gap is useful to assess the indication for and duration of hemodialysis in Methanol-poisoned patients.
• Folic acid has been used to enhance conversion of formate to carbon dioxide and water. The dose is 50 mg IV 4 hourly for 24 hours.
• 4-methylpyrazole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, has been successfully used as an alternative to Ethanol and Dialysis.

For parents, it is crucial to recognize as early as possible the early signs of autism. Toddlers are children that have reached the age of 12 to 18 months or during the period they have started walking. It is during this stage that the signs of autism in toddlers start to appear. Since the signs and symptoms of autism vary in every toddler, it important to be careful in identifying such signs. Up until now, there are still no standardized criteria in diagnosing autism. This is the reason why parents who suspect their child to be autistic should regularly talk to their pediatricians.

Here are some of the signs of autism- toddlers:

Slow Development - Each child develops differently from others and this is just normal. Some child talks or walks earlier than other. But for children with autism, their development is unusually slow. What is more observable is their communication skill. Compared to other children, they produce only limited words, gestures, or sounds that they use in communicating. Their facial expressions and body posture is also different.

Social Gaze - This is one of the most significant signs of autism. Toddlers generally make eye contact to their parents if called or played. But autistic children have an unusual gaze and do not tend to make eye contact. Some experts say that this behavior is due to their lack of interest in the surroundings.

Repetitive Behavior - Some toddlers who have autism are attached to routines. They have specific way of doing things. Some also display flapping, head-banging, or rocking their body constantly even while in their cot.

Obsession - There have been reports that some children who have autism are fixated to 3 to 4 food items. They only eat the same kind of food over and over again. Other children also play only one toy and will reject the others. They become obsessed and will become attached to it for very long time. They also even focus on the detail or a specific part of an object, like the wheel, rather than the toy car as a whole. They also like to arrange objects or their toys in a straight line.

This is the most prevalent of all signs of autism. Toddlers become obsessed over a particular object. The reason behind this obsession is their difficulty to adapt to changes. Autistic children prefer to be doing the same things all the time rather than trying out new things.

Social Interaction - Autistic children tend to have lack of shared interests with their parents and other toddlers. They shy away from making friends with others of the same age. They also do not understand how other feel. This is why autism is often likened to “living in a different world” than others.

Another reason for this lack of interaction might be their hearing impediment. Reports show that autistic children have hearing difficulties. This is one aspect of their development that is usually affected.

The best way to handle this developmental disorder is to detect the signs of autism. Toddlers will start to display these signs and it is up to the parents to recognize them. Early detection is the key to minimizing the negative effects of autism.