European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17 hyper Drosis the problems of chronic sweating by Gayle Young United press International t he Boss Calls you in far a private conference or the doctor looks grim alter giving you a thorough examination or you car has a Blowout As you race Down the Highway. That s enough to cause most of us to break into a Light sweat. It is a natural response to an emotional stimulus said or. Harry j. Hurley a Philadelphia dermatologist who has spent years studying the intricacy of sweat. For most people sweat is no although the wetness and odor associated with perspiration Are actually produced by two separate and distinct glands. Doctors say both problems can usually be alleviated by commercial Over the counter products. Bui an estimated 30 percent of the population butlers from varying degrees of . Or chronic sweating caused when one Type of sweat gland is Over stimulated. Those with severe hyper Drosis can produce up to 12 quarts of liquid almost pure water in 24 hours in humans two dih Erent types of sweat glands cover the body crowding under the arms and on the Palms of the hands and soles of the feet eccrine sweat glands perform the most vital Junction of the two Cooling the body by pumping a liquid that is Over 99 percent water to the surface of the skin. This sweat is usually sterile odourless and afr intense physical activity drenching. The other Typ of sweat gland is the Backbone of the deodorant Industry. Apocrine sweat glands intermittently produce Small amounts of liquid Lull of bacterial matter. Whan this matter reaches the surface of the skin it begins to break Down producing an odor Many find unpleasant. Researchers Are not sure Why humans have apocrine sweat stands because they serve no useful purpose other than the production of an odor. Some believe they Are throwback to when humans like Many animals today communicated smell. This would also explain Why we sweat More when we Are afraid angry or aroused. While the apocrine glands produce Small amounts of sweat continually the eccrine glands Are stimulated Inlo producing great Quanta totes of sweat by the hypothalamus gland when the body gets heated. They Are also stimulated by the brain cortex 10 produce sweat during emotional traumas. Normally it takes something severe such As danger or extreme nervousness Lor the sweat to Start flowing. For those with the eccrine sweat glands Start pumping at the slightest emotional stimulus from the moment they Wake the glands Start producing even if they Are thinking of nothing More stressful than when to Start the Coffee said Hurley for those who work Ullh their hands the condition can be a disaster. Many gel fool infections As a Side Bombick read an amusing Little Story the other Day about the parking problem in Moscow. The situation was described As it went on today a Parade is a dream which is unlikely to come True and even a Encard Tot takes at least two years and the signatures of 15 depart rent Heads to get. Drivers Light Back by writing letters of complaint slashing tires scratching swear words on the car and stealing there Are 32 cars for every soviet citizens. Russians May have invented frustration but com rades. Americans invented Gold local we re the Best there is at it. For every 1,000 americans there Are 530 cars of some kind on the Road. We even amaze ourselves at How Good we Are at compounding traffic problem. It has taken years to effect of because their feet Are constantly wet. I be had patients who carry a pack of cigarettes in the pocket of their shirt and by afternoon the cigarettes Are soaked and unusable said Hurley. For these people Over the counter perspiration products Are not potent enough. Commercial deodorants mask the odor of apocrine sweat with their own fragrances or contain agents that kill odor causing bacteria said or. C. Carnot Evans a dermatologist with the Good and drug administration. Antlper�pl7.inl contain aluminium which Coats eccrine gland pores and prevents sweat from escaping. Many also contain anti bacterial agents to combat the odor produced by apocrine glands As Well he said. A Good Only reduces sweat 30 to 35 percent said Evans. For someone with that s not doctors can prescribe More potent antiperspirants which contain Large doses of aluminium Chloride and Ethyl alcohol that provide some Relief Lor people with the condition said Evans. There is an electronic device on the Market which seals sweat glands under the arms and on the hands and feet by forcing water into the pores. The effect lasts from one to a few Days and works Only on some people Hurley said. I would say it is not dramatically effective and has no effect on Many people he said. But it May be Worth a the Only accepted permanent treatment is a surgical procedure where layers of skin containing sweat glands Are removed from under the arms he said. The procedure usually leaves scars but Many who Sutler from severe cases of prefer it to constant wetness said Evans. The operation cannot be performed on the hands or the feet because skin there is Loo necessary and sensitive. But patients who have had the procedure performed under their arms May find they sweat More from their hands and feet than Ever before. It seems the Sweet has to go somewhere said Hurley. Therapy to relieve Winter blahs9 by Delthia Ricks United press International people who suffer emotional anxieties when the Days grow Shorter might Benefi from a combination of drug treatment an exposure to Light the new experimental therapy borrows from clinical studies showing dramatic improvement in depression attributed to Winter blahs when patients Are exposed to panels of Bright Light Lor several hours a Day. We re now finding that the Light May augment the response to anti depressant drugs said or. Michael Glt in. A clinical professor at the Neur psychiatric Institute of the University of Catania at los Angeles and a psychiatrist at the los Angeles Center Lor mood disorders. Some people he said experience depression according to seasonal patterns. These Are people who get depressed when the Days get Shorter. This in an interesting manifestation in Southern California where even Hough it s almost always sunny Days get Shorter hero ill Len said melatonin a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the brain is released when the environment is dark and suppressed when ii is Light. He theorizes that melatonin known to induce sleep May increase in some people from october through february causing them to feel sleepy apathetic withdrawn and Given to carbohydrate cravings and depression. The fascinating pan of Allol this is that it s based on How much Light hits the Retina Gitlin said. We know for certain that the pineal gland regulates the perfect. Let s say we Are going to the Airport. We get into the family car and drive it to a lot five Miles from the Airport where we Park it and Gal into a bus that lakes us to the terminal. At our destination we take another bus that takes us to the car rental lot where we rent a car which we cruise around in looking Jor a parking place. We return it to the lot after our stay take a bus to the Airport and upon arriving Home take another bus to our car and drive it Home where we Park it on the Lawn because our garage is tilled with fertilizer and Leaf sweeper and the kids cars Are parked in the driveway and on the Street. Apartment builders have the musical car mentality. They build 235 apartment units and give each ten ant a spot with a number on it. Hopefully each tenant lives a Monk s existence is an illegal alien with no friends no deliveries and no visitors or has a caller who is a tiling to risk having his lace punched out for amount of hormone secretion based on How much Light is coming through the the Tychi Florial i now studying a group of patients with defined mood disorders ranging from simple depression to manic depressive illness which is characterized by dramatic swings from exhilaration to brooding depressions. The study employs the use of full spectrum Light like the grow lights for plants he said. We have the patients sit 3 to 6 feel away irom a Light panel and glance up at it once a minute Over a three hour the Light panel used in the study contains the colors in the Rainbow including infrared and ultraviolet rays the psychiatrist explained. There Are several technical areas we need to play with. We re not sure in the Cherepy is Best administered for example Between 5 . And 6 . Or 5 . And 8 . Some researchers feel the morning treatment is More effective but this is an area that is still unresolved he said of the 10 people participating in the study two thirds Ere showing a positive response to the Light therapy reporting marked improvement in their moods ill Len explained. This kind of therapy is not for everyone Gitlin cautioned. Everyone does t Cycle according to seasonal Light and dark patterns. However As the study continues we think Well find a greater number of seasonal depressions in More Northern Getlir said the current study will be completed in the Spring and that Light therapy May also prove useful in the treatment of certain sleep disorders end Jet lag As Well As predicting patient response to Anil depressant medications taking someone else s they Don t Call americans Genius for nothing. Given All this traffic we also fight Back in our own Way. Shop Ping centers that cover three football Fields Are Buill every 100 Miles or so. To ensure a parking place we Park our car on the building site before the Structure is built. Don t even think of moving it. Work in a Busy downtown area every morning we Slop at a different intersection near our Ollice raise the Hood of the car and leave it. Police think we be gone for help. Motor heating up from circling the Block looking Lor a place to Park pull into a drive in Bank and inquire Teboul their interest rates while the motor cools Down. The Story said there were no plans by russian officials to build any new lots or garages. If the americans were there we d Park in Siberia and walk Back. 1c ims Loi Flag Len turns syndic a
