Anhidrosis
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| 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
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- MedlinePlus Encyclopedia Sweating - absent
- "Rare disease makes girl unable to feel pain - Kids and parenting". MSNBC.com.
- Fabry Community (Genzyme Corporation)
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de:Anhidrose es:Anhidrosis eu:Anhidrosi fr:Anhydrose it:Ipoidrosi pl:Anhydroza pt:Anidrose sr:Анхидроза
tr:Anhidrozis- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "adiaphoresis - definition of adiaphoresis". Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
- ↑ adiaphoresis | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
- ↑ Adiaphoresis - Medical Dictionary Definition
- ↑ "adiaphoresis: meaning and definitions". Infoplease.com.
- ↑ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
