I think my baby son has hyperhidrosis like me

[missapple]

Hi,

I noticed my beautiful boy has sweaty hands and feet. It only started just few days ago. Since birth, his hands and feet would get really cold and clammy. My midwife said it was normal. But as soon as it started to sweat I couldn't help but think he inherited hyperhidrosis from me. In the morning his hands and feet would sweat then gets warm and dry when I feed him. Throughout the day it would be warm and dry, to cold and clammy then sweaty then warm and dry again.

As a sufferer of hh, it really affected me in so many ways. But luckily I was able to manage it about 9 years ago when I discovered Drionic (iontheraphy). When I started using Drionic, it allowed me have sweat free hands and feet. It was a great feeling. There were times I would not use it for several weeks and I would only sweat every now and then. But for the last couple of years I noticed the Drionic became less effective. I get sweaty patches on my hands and feet even after several treatments. For those who used Drionic I'm sure you get uneven treatment due to the design of the machine, but switching it around (palm in the water well area and fingers on the flatform and vice versa) should fix that, but in my case my fingers and toes don't seem to dry up anymore. Throughout the day I'm mainly sweat free but my fingers and toes sweat every now and then. So it's good to know hh is treatable but I hope he would just grow out of this instead as I've read a lot of babies experience this. But whenever my son's hands and feet get sweaty I can't help but feel sad to the point I want to cry because it reminds me of how bad hh was for me.

Do you have a child with hh? How are you & your child coping it? I really want to stay positive, and I know I should because my son is happy and healthy (he only cares about his milk at the moment!:bigsmile but right now I just don't know how to deal with it.

Thanks for your time..
Anna

 

[Sprawling]

The only thing you can do is wait and see. At least in today's world HH is an accepted problem. Back in my day everybody attributed it to being nervous or ignored the problem altogether. If your son happens to truly have HH you'll be able to talk to him about it, help him cope and introduce him to Pulsed Current ionto treatment which inflicts little or no pain. Throw away that Drionic, it's a dinosaur relic and a painful one indeed.

I was a happy child until about age six. That's when I became aware of my horrible hand sweating. I may or maynot have had it before that age.

Just be a loving parent and do your best whatever the HH outcome is.

 

[missapple]

Thanks Sprawling I appreciate your response! I am actually looking at getting a new ionto device...doing some research now.

 

[Sprawling]

I suggest anything that has pulsed current:
High Voltage Galvanic Stimulator is what I currently use
I've used the Drionic, Fischer MD-1A

No need to spend a small fortune on the named brand machines.

 

[SweatyCanuck]

I think you're overthinking it. Babies always have clammy hands and feet. This is your first child?

 

[wizardofaus]

Yes it is genetics, my father passed it to me, my sister and brother. He seems to have coped with it and happens only rarely like in really really stressful situations.

 

[backfish]

I agree with Sprawling about the Drionic being a Dinosaur relic! I personally use the Idromed 5 PC , and when I do my maintenance treatments regularly , i stay dry .Its very easy to use and painless .Its a professional machine that you only need to buy once , it will last a lifetime.

 

[Sprawling]

With the price of an Idromed 5 being so costly, you can purchase roughly 5 other professional pulsed current machines and give them to people who could really use them or save them for your lifetime. As we all know, electronic components break, you just never know when. All ionto machines are identical and do exactly the same thing. Some are pulsed, others are just dressed up fancy Direct Current units.

Where do you "backfish" sell this expensive overpriced machine you are constantly pushing? Do you work for Marcus Binder?

 

[doublesweat]

thanks for sharing, missapple. I have two kids and Ive noticed one child has it already.

i think the other escaped my bad genes

 

[Sprawling]

My 26 year old daughter developed HH later on around age 19-20. She inherited it from me of course and I have no clue who else in my family tree had it? Nobody talked about it. That's why educating your child early on as possible about it makes sense. Anything to help alleviate or distract them from future suffering.