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Sweating - Absent
Alternate Names : Anhidrosis, Decreased Sweating
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What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed. In emergencies (where rapid cooling measures and fluid replacement will be initiated) the patient will be stabilized first.
Medical history questions documenting absent sweating in detail may include:
- time pattern
- When did this begin?
- Has it been present since infancy or childhood?
- location
- Is it only on one side of the forehead?
- Is it on the whole body?
- other
- What other symptoms are also present?
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:
- drugs administered to stimulate sweating
- topical substance applied to the skin
- the person may be placed in a sweat box for observation
- the person may be wrapped in an electric blanket to observe sweat patterns
- a skin biopsy may be performed
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• Definition
• Sweating - Absent: Overview & Considerations
• Sweating - Absent: Common Causes
• Sweating - Absent: Home Care & Treatment
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Review Date : 10/27/2003
Reviewed By : Jeffrey Drayer, M.D., Dermatologist, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by
VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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