(medicine) Absent or deficient secretion of sweat.
Anhidrosis
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(′an·hī′drō·səs)
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(an′hīdrō′sis)
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An abnormal deficiency in the production of sweat; may be associated with an odontia in ectodermal dysplasia.
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Absence of sweating. In horses the disease is common in tropical climates and seriously interferes with the racing calendar. Affected animals show respiratory distress even at rest, absence of sweating at times when all of the others in the group are sweating heavily; they are quite unable to race. Disease is akin to anhidrotic asthenia of humans. Called also puff disease, dry coat syndrome.
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IN BRIEF: n. - Failure of the sweat glands.
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| ICD-10 | L74.4 |
| ICD-9 | 705.0 |
| DiseasesDB | 21064 |
Anhydrosis 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
It may be caused by underactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Eccrine sweat glands are innervated via muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Hence antimuscarinic drugs cause anhidrosis.[citation needed]
See also
- Horner's syndrome
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis
- Fabry's disease
- CIPA
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 0721629210.
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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