ETS does not cure Raynaud's Syndrome
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:03 am
Many surgeons no longer perform ETS to cure Raynaud's Syndrome (mostly due to re-occurrence of symptoms after a year or two post surgery).
In fact, Dr. Claes and Drott of the infamous Swedish surgical team state that two to three percent of their patients who get ETS for sweating or blushing problems develop cold intolerence in their hands and other extremities. They suggest that this is due to "insensitivity to surrounding catecholamines".
So the conclusion is that ETS can in fact cause cold hands as a side effect in some people, while treating Raynaud's Syndrome patients with ETS is pointless in the long run.
Check out:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16305910/
for further discussion of this new side effect of ETS.
In fact, Dr. Claes and Drott of the infamous Swedish surgical team state that two to three percent of their patients who get ETS for sweating or blushing problems develop cold intolerence in their hands and other extremities. They suggest that this is due to "insensitivity to surrounding catecholamines".
So the conclusion is that ETS can in fact cause cold hands as a side effect in some people, while treating Raynaud's Syndrome patients with ETS is pointless in the long run.
Check out:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16305910/
for further discussion of this new side effect of ETS.