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'''Anhidrosis''' means lack of [[sweating]]. It is also known by a number of other names including '''Adiaphoresis'''<ref>http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adiaphoresis</ref><ref>http://www.babylon.com/definition/adiaphoresis/English</ref><ref>http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=1286</ref><ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0307179.html</ref>, '''Ischidrosis'''<ref>http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anhidrosis</ref>, '''Hypohidrosis''', '''Oligidria''', '''Oligohidrosis''' and '''Sweating deficiency'''.
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'''[Anhidrosis][http://www.allaboutsweat.com/decreasedsweating.html]''' means lack of [[sweating]]. It is also known by a number of other names including '''Adiaphoresis'''<ref>http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adiaphoresis</ref><ref>http://www.babylon.com/definition/adiaphoresis/English</ref><ref>http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=1286</ref><ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0307179.html</ref>, '''Ischidrosis'''<ref>http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anhidrosis</ref>, '''Hypohidrosis''', '''Oligidria''', '''Oligohidrosis''' and '''Sweating deficiency'''.
   
 
==Causes==
 
==Causes==
 
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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==Emotional stress and anhidrosis==
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==Mental disorders and anhidrosis==
   
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis]] also known as CIPA
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* [[Fabry's_disease|Fabry's disease]]
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* [[Horner's syndrome]]
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* [[Hyperhidrosis|Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)]]
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* [[Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome]]
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* [[Sjogren’s syndrome]]
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [http://www.allaboutsweat.com/decreasedsweating.html]
 
* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003219.htm NIH/Medline]
 
* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003219.htm NIH/Medline]
 
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6379795/ MSNBC] - MSNBC article about child with Anhidrosis / CIPA
 
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6379795/ MSNBC] - MSNBC article about child with Anhidrosis / CIPA

Latest revision as of 23:15, 1 March 2010

Anhidrosis
ICD-10 L744
ICD-9 705.0
OMIM [1]
DiseasesDB 21064
MedlinePlus [2]
eMedicine /
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[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

References

External links