hand sanitizer hazard to your child

sandib · 08-10-2007

So i recieved this email from my cousin who happens to be an elementary teacher telling a story of a young girl who was at school and acting funny kinda out of it , later during the day she was found in the bathroom at school sweating and almost passed out the school called her parents to come get her and upon recieving the child from school took her to the nearby emergency room. The doctors couldn't pin point what was happening and began to take many blood tests .. low and behold her blood work came back with a blood alchohol level that would have an adult out of it. The parents knew she couldnt of actually drank anything on purpose and went back to the school to check things out. Luckly a teacher thought about the hand sanitizer they use and hand out to students through out the day the parents took it back to the hospital and it was confirmed that that was it the child unknowingly had a habit of putting her hands in her mouth and it was enough to have that reaction with her. i know my daycare uses that with the children there and have now requested my kids dont use it. It's just a easy to have a child go to the washroom and use soap and water and teaches them better hygene anyways i hope this helps some of you . i heard about hand sanitizer not killing super bugs or making some but never thought of the alcohol content and although not enough to harm an adult but obviously enough to harm a child.

awaite · 08-10-2007

Wow Didn't Even Think Of That I Don't Trust That Stuff Anyways It's Just For Emergancys

chicky82 · 08-10-2007

I heard of a guy who used the sanitizer and then went on his smoke break and when he lit the smoke his hand caught on fire it hadn't had time to dry

Charlise32 · 08-10-2007

Wow, this is scary.

sherbear · 08-10-2007

It really is scary. Ya wonder whether we should use it or not. i find i just wash my hands with soap and water and keep baby wipes in the van for emergencies. I guess you never can tell anymore.

HappyCappy · 08-10-2007

www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

kclou · 08-11-2007

The one about the guy on fire isn't totally true. Go to www.snopes.com and search it. It gives explanations on things that seem real or not or mystical.......

Destiny · 08-11-2007

At my kids school they make the kids use hand sanitizer whenever the come into the school (morning and recess) I had to get a Dr. note for the school, because every time my son uses it he has sever alergic reactions, his hands swell up twice the size, he breaks out in hives and his asthma starts acting up.. forever I couldn't figure out why he keeps getting sick at school everyday, the dr. put 2 and 2 together and it was the hand sanitizer

kclou · 08-11-2007

I believe it. I bought it for when I worked in a bank. It bothered me too. I have asthma and allergies. It does irritate your hands after awhile since you don't wash it off.

kclou · 08-11-2007

I'm glad your doctor was cooperative about the whole thing. Before the school issues things like that they should send a questionnaire home.

chantel · 10-30-2007

Thank you for the alert on this.

liljj07 · 10-30-2007

Our school won't allow us to have sanitizer because of this and because it's a fire hazard.

NorthBay_Lady · 11-01-2007

Oh my. Is it a certain brand or all of it?

caroxine · 11-01-2007

this is crazy....

08-10-2007	#1
sandib Bargain Diva Beaver Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: surrey bc Posts: 695 Threads: 26 Thanks: 11 Thanked 52 Times in 46 Posts	hand sanitizer hazard to your child So i recieved this email from my cousin who happens to be an elementary teacher telling a story of a young girl who was at school and acting funny kinda out of it , later during the day she was found in the bathroom at school sweating and almost passed out the school called her parents to come get her and upon recieving the child from school took her to the nearby emergency room. The doctors couldn't pin point what was happening and began to take many blood tests .. low and behold her blood work came back with a blood alchohol level that would have an adult out of it. The parents knew she couldnt of actually drank anything on purpose and went back to the school to check things out. Luckly a teacher thought about the hand sanitizer they use and hand out to students through out the day the parents took it back to the hospital and it was confirmed that that was it the child unknowingly had a habit of putting her hands in her mouth and it was enough to have that reaction with her. i know my daycare uses that with the children there and have now requested my kids dont use it. It's just a easy to have a child go to the washroom and use soap and water and teaches them better hygene anyways i hope this helps some of you . i heard about hand sanitizer not killing super bugs or making some but never thought of the alcohol content and although not enough to harm an adult but obviously enough to harm a child. __________________ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32703205382 Check out my cakes

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kclou Wise Beaver Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,051 Threads: 37 Thanks: 108 Thanked 115 Times in 74 Posts	The one about the guy on fire isn't totally true. Go to www.snopes.com and search it. It gives explanations on things that seem real or not or mystical....... __________________ Second child~Born July 26/08

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kclou Wise Beaver Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,051 Threads: 37 Thanks: 108 Thanked 115 Times in 74 Posts	I believe it. I bought it for when I worked in a bank. It bothered me too. I have asthma and allergies. It does irritate your hands after awhile since you don't wash it off. __________________ Second child~Born July 26/08

08-10-2007	#2
awaite Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: vancouver b.c Posts: 3,580 Threads: 231 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 686 Times in 551 Posts	Wow Didn't Even Think Of That I Don't Trust That Stuff Anyways It's Just For Emergancys

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chicky82 Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere in the inner reaches of my insane mind Posts: 2,316 Threads: 66 Thanks: 199 Thanked 372 Times in 242 Posts	I heard of a guy who used the sanitizer and then went on his smoke break and when he lit the smoke his hand caught on fire it hadn't had time to dry

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sherbear Wise Beaver Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Courtice, Ontario Posts: 1,068 Threads: 148 Thanks: 728 Thanked 348 Times in 168 Posts	It really is scary. Ya wonder whether we should use it or not. i find i just wash my hands with soap and water and keep baby wipes in the van for emergencies. I guess you never can tell anymore.

08-10-2007	#6
HappyCappy Head Cheif Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern Alberta Posts: 5,622 Threads: 2988 Thanks: 956 Thanked 2,963 Times in 1,445 Posts	www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

10-30-2007	#11
chantel Guru Beaver Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Threads: 106 Thanks: 142 Thanked 110 Times in 72 Posts	Thank you for the alert on this.

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