Botox Treats Excessive Sweating, According To UCSF Study
...nia San Francisco has found thatexcessive underarm sweating can be treated effectively with botulinum Aneuroto...ffice visit, requires no anesthesia, andabsence of sweating is long lasting." Findings of the study were reported in this month's (September) issue ofDermatolo...Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody
...s including blood pressure and heart rate control, sweating and digestion. Autonomic disorders may cause fainting, inability to sweat, constipation, dry mouth or vomiting, and can be difficult to accurately diagnose. "This study suggests that one form of a serious neurologic disorder affecting the autonomic n...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 4, 2002
...paired the bodys ability to dissipate heat through sweating and flushing. It also impaired the ability to sense a rise in body temperature, so that a person would be less likely to take action to reduce body temperature by removing clothing or turning on a fan....'Don't sweat it.' It's easier said than done for millions of Americans, Saint Louis U. study shows
...h hyperhidrosis, this system is revved-up, causing sweating at inappropriate times in specific areas of the bo...tely 90 percent of those with the disease said the sweating interfered with their life, whether it was at work, socially or romantically. The study took a speci...Heart attack patients don't maintain exercise program
...ers to begin with, she says. "They're not used to sweating -- to them, it's not equated to health." For men, time can be an issue. Others think they're "macho" enough that they'll overcome the health issues on their own, or they may be in denial that there's a problem at all. Generally, when they stop part...Medication 'wearing off' a bigger problem for Parkinson's patients than physicians may realize
...s), and autonomic nervous system dysfunction (e.g. sweating and hypersalivation). "To date, the frequency of end-of-dose 'wearing off' in a general neurology practice is unknown, and no specific tools exist to aid clinical diagnoses of its signs and symptoms," said Dr. Hauser. "Because there are new medicat...New data show botulinum toxin type A to be highly effective treatment for excessive sweating
...arious daily activity limitations due to excessive sweating as collected in a national survey mailed to 150,000 U.S. households. Based on resulting data from these analyses, the HDSS was observed to have acceptable validity, reliability and responsiveness....