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COMPLICATION OF FREQUENT USE OF HAND SANITIZER IN COVID PANDEMIC- A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Amit Ranjan, Sabikha C.*, Shamla A. P., Ramsiya Ruby R. R., Majid P. K., Ajay K., Dr. Sirajudheen M. K., Dr. Shijikumar P. S.

Abstract

During the Coronavirus pandemic, counteraction is the way to restricting the spread of the sickness. The successive handwashing and utilization of sanitizers brought about prominent skin changes among some. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, anticipation is the way to restricting the spread among people. In the uninteresting of the present life, a hand sanitizer is a simple and incredibly practical choice to hand washing. In any case, triclosan, a typical dynamic fixing found close by sanitizers that is advantageous in killing organisms found on hands, may likewise prompt the improvement of resistance in microorganisms. There are opposite symptoms of hand sanitizers as well. The alcohol content and other microbes killing ingredients can cause skin sensitivity. Tingling or a burning sensation on hands. Hand sanitizers can likewise dry out upper skin layers, making it strip. One more perilous synthetic found close by sanitizer when consumed or utilized inappropriately is 1-propanol. This fixing is a sort of alcohol used to make cleaners, and can be harmful to people whenever gulped. Aftereffects incorporate diminished breathing and pulse - and even passing. It can likewise aggravate skin or eyes, whenever uncovered. It is found that recurrence use of hand sanitizer has no connection with Coronavirus status. The individual will be positive in future, which doesn't have anything to do with recurrence of utilization of hand sanitizer. Females are at more gamble for the complication of hand sanitizer. From the gathered 50 information, 20 subjects confronted the intricacies of hand sanitizer. Since, testosterone excitement causes an expansion in skin thickness, which represents why a man's skin is around 25% thicker than a lady. The article further plunges into an examination between hand sanitizers and soap to give pros and cons of the utilization of soap against the utilization of hand sanitizers. One of the points of the article is to concentrate on the symptoms of sanitizers in order to foster a wary methodology while utilizing hand sanitizers and accordingly a thorough rundown of results of the utilization of hand sanitizers is given.

Keywords: Covid-19, hand sanitizer, alcohol-based hand sanitizer, flaking, erythema, depigmentation, pain, cracking of epidermis.