I have a problem with excessive sweating of the palms of the feet and the whole body in general. I know it's normal for a person to sweat, but I sweat more than others. What is connected with it? I remember it from a very little age, i.e. from around 4 years of age or even earlier, I have blisters on my feet and hands. There is liquid inside this bladder every time I have to puncture with a sanitized needle, this blister is poured out and I cover it with dust (Dermatol). It doesn't help too much, but it's better than nothing. The difference in the blisters is that sometimes there is blood in a blister instead of liquid and those with blood dry quickly, and those with transparent liquid for a very long time … My job is a fitter of steel structures, so a lot of walking, climbing scaffolding, uneven ground, heavy work shoes, and this involves sweating feet and hands and popping bubbles … It really hurts … The worst in summer is high temperature, even more sweating and it just happens that I often take a week off because the condition of my feet and fingers is such that I have to walk on my knees, I have to dry my legs. Sometimes it happens that I don't even take a fork in my hand because I have blisters all over my hand … When I dance at a wedding or at a party, I already get sick, and the next day I don't wear a shoe at all, you have to walk on my lap. The problem is also that all this is supposedly caused by a genetic defect, because in fact my dad's siblings and my cousins have the same thing, but honestly, not all of them and some, if they had it, don't have it anymore … Doctors from the area, dermatologists always tell me that genetics won't heal and I have to deal with it for the rest of my life. I believe that there is someone who would take care of my body and undertake any research …
Unfortunately, in the case of numerous diseases, including those that are genetically determined, so far only symptomatic treatment is possible, consisting in alleviating the patient's ailments, but not eliminating the causes of their occurrence. Fortunately, there are examples of new, more effective methods of treating them as we learn more about the genetic and physiological background of various diseases.
It often happens thatA genetic disease results from an abnormality in one of several different genes. Understanding the genetic cause of a disease, i.e. detecting a specific defect in a specific gene, is usually the first step in identifying the group of patients who will participate in clinical trials if a new treatment becomes available. As for costs - thanks to the introduction of new techniques, the costs of performing a genetic test in the diagnosis of certain diseases have been significantly reduced. A visit to a genetic clinic is definitely worth considering. I also recommend contacting the Debra association (debra-kd.pl).
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Krystyna SpodarKrystyna Spodar - specialist in the field of clinical genetics at NZOZ Genomed, ul. Ponczowa 12, 02-971 Warsaw, www.nzoz.genomed.pl, e-mail: [email protected]
The expert answers questions about genetic diseases and congenital malformations, inheritance, and prenatal diagnosis.
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