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Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis appears to have a variety of etiologies. Theoretically, dysfunction or degeneration of cholinergic sympathetic nerve fibers involved in sweating (sudomotor neuropathy), dysfunction of acetylcholine receptors and/or cholinergic signals (idiopathic pure sudomotor failure may fall under this category), and primary failures of the sweat glands with ...
Miliaria, commonly known as heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, [1] is a skin disease marked by small, itchy rashes due to sweat trapped under the skin by clogged sweat-gland ducts. Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in the tropics and during the summer. [ 2 ]
Many diseases cause sweat gland dysfunction: Acromegaly, a result of excess growth hormone, causes the size of sweat glands increase, which leads to thicker skin. [71] Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms, in which white papules develop on the palms after exposure to water, can sometimes come with abnormal aquaporin 5 in the sweat glands. [72]
A virus can act directly on your nervous system and indirectly influence it through protein molecules that tell neural cells that your body temperature is too low, says Dr. Romanovsky.
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 ...
This is an autoimmune condition that, per Dr. Zeichner, might cause the fingers to become waxy and tight, leading to a pruney appearance. How to treat pruney fingers The majority of the time ...
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 ...
Virus-related cutaneous conditions are caused by two main groups of viruses–DNA and RNA types–both of which are obligatory intracellular parasites. [69] [73] Alphavirus infection; Asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood (unilateral laterothoracic exanthem) B virus infection; Boston exanthem disease; Bovine papular stomatitis; Bowenoid ...