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  2. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    According to Henry Gray's estimates, the palm has around 370 sweat glands per cm 2; the back of the hand has 200 per cm 2; the forehead has 175 per cm 2; the breast, abdomen, and forearm have 155 per cm 2; and the back and legs have 60–80 per cm 2. [2] In the finger pads, sweat glands pores are somewhat irregularly spaced on the epidermal ridges.

  3. Focal hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, researchers uncovered that primary palmar hyperhidrosis, referring to excess sweating on the palms of the hands and feet, maps to the gene locus 14q11.2-q13. [ 4 ] Based on previous research using mice and rats, researchers looked towards the role of aquaporin 5 (AQP5), a water channel protein, in human individuals with primary focal ...

  4. Hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    Hands, feet, armpits, groin, and the facial area are among the most active regions of perspiration due to the high number of sweat glands (eccrine glands in particular) in these areas. When excessive sweating is localized (e.g. palms, soles, face, underarms, scalp) it is referred to as primary hyperhidrosis or focal hyperhidrosis.

  5. Cold hands are common in winter. When are they a sign of a ...

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    Or cold hands that come with other symptoms, such as joint pain, a new rash, weight loss, night sweats (as seen in connective tissue/autoimmune diseases), pallor, weakness, shortness of breath ...

  6. Sudomotor - Wikipedia

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    Sudomotor function refers to the autonomic nervous system control of sweat gland activity in response to various environmental and individual factors. Sweat production is a vital thermoregulatory mechanism used by the body to prevent heat-related illness as the evaporation of sweat is the body’s most effective method of heat reduction and the only cooling method available when the air ...

  7. Rare disorder can turn fingers and toes white or blue when it ...

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    The condition, which can be a disease, syndrome or phenomenon, causes blood vessels to narrow in response to cold or stress so that little or no blood flows to the affected body parts — most ...

  8. Small fiber neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Small fiber neuropathy is a condition characterized by severe pain. Symptoms typically begin in the feet or hands but can start in other parts of the body. Some people initially experience a more generalized, whole-body pain. The pain is often described as stabbing or burning, or abnormal skin sensations such as tingling or itchiness. In some ...

  9. Hidradenitis - Wikipedia

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    Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic cutaneous condition originally thought to be primarily characterized by suppurative inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands. [ 3 ] : 710 Recent evidence supports that the primary event is follicular hyperkeratosis and obstruction, [ 4 ] but the term hidradenitis supperativa has continued to be used in ...