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anhidrosis (n.)
1.failure of the sweat glands
Anhidrosis (n.)
1.(MeSH)Abnormally diminished or absent perspiration. Both generalized and segmented (reduced or absent sweating in circumscribed locations) forms of the disease are usually associated with other underlying conditions.
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Anhidrosis
| Anhidrosis | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | L74.4 |
| ICD-9 | 705.0 |
| DiseasesDB | 21064 |
Anhidrosis means lack of sweating. It is also known by a number of other names including Adiaphoresis,[1][2][3][4] Ischidrosis,[1] Hypohidrosis[5]:778, Oligidria, Oligohidrosis and Sweating deficiency.
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Causes
Anhidrosis may be caused by underactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Eccrine sweat glands are innervated via muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; hence, anti-muscarinic drugs cause anhidrosis.[citation needed]
See also
- Horner's syndrome
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA)
- Fabry's disease
References
- ^ a b "adiaphoresis - definition of adiaphoresis". Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adiaphoresis.
- ^ adiaphoresis | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
- ^ Adiaphoresis - Medical Dictionary Definition
- ^ "adiaphoresis: meaning and definitions". Infoplease.com. http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0307179.html.
- ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
External links
- MedlinePlus Encyclopedia Sweating - absent
- "Rare disease makes girl unable to feel pain - Kids and parenting". MSNBC.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6379795/.
- Fabry Community (Genzyme Corporation)
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