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==Causes== |
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It may be caused by underactivity of the [[sympathetic nervous system]]. Eccrine sweat glands are [[nerve|innervated]] via [[muscarinic acetylcholine receptor]]s. Hence antimuscarinic [[medication|drugs]] cause anhidrosis. |
It may be caused by underactivity of the [[sympathetic nervous system]]. Eccrine sweat glands are [[nerve|innervated]] via [[muscarinic acetylcholine receptor]]s. Hence antimuscarinic [[medication|drugs]] cause anhidrosis. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 23:15, 1 March 2010
| ICD-10 | L744 | |
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| ICD-9 | 705.0 | |
| OMIM | [1] | |
| DiseasesDB | 21064 | |
| MedlinePlus | [2] | |
| eMedicine | / | |
| MeSH | {{{MeshNumber}}} | |
[Anhidrosis][3] means lack of sweating. It is also known by a number of other names including Adiaphoresis[1][2][3][4], Ischidrosis[5], Hypohidrosis, Oligidria, Oligohidrosis and Sweating deficiency.
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.
Emotional stress and anhidrosis
Mental disorders and anhidrosis
See also
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis also known as CIPA
- Fabry's disease
- Horner's syndrome
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
- Sjogren’s syndrome
References
External links
- [4]
- NIH/Medline
- MSNBC - MSNBC article about child with Anhidrosis / CIPA