Anhidrosis
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| Anhidrosis | |
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| 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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[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
- Horner's syndrome
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA)
- Fabry's disease
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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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