• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Local heat urticaria.
We present a 38-year-old woman with local heat urticaria confirmed by heat provocation testing. Heat urticaria is a rare form of physical urticaria that istriggered by exposure to a heat source, such as hot water or sunlight. Although it is commonly localized and immediate, generalized and delayed onset forms exist. Treatment options include antihistamines and heat desensitization. A brisk, mechanical stroke elicited a linear wheal. Five minutes after exposure to hot water, she developed well-demarcated,erythematous blanching wheals that covered the distal forearm and entire hand. PMID: 29447656 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Dermatol Online J - December 15, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: White F, Cobos G, Soter NA Tags: Dermatol Online J Source Type: research

Evaluation of the correlation between severity of acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis and quality of life scores
The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between AIGA severity and QOL. Study subjects comprised 44 patients diagnosed with AIGA at three registered institutions. AIGA severity assessment was conducted and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire was administered. Correlations between AIGA severity and DLQI, as well as severity by DLQI subscale, were assessed. We found a positive correlation between total score of AIGA severity criteria and DLQI total scores (R = 0.720, P = 0.001). The impairment increased with the increase in AIGA severity (P < 0.01). In relation to the DLQI subscales,...
Source: The Journal of Dermatology - March 22, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Takichi Munetsugu, Tomoko Fujimoto, Takahiro Satoh, Yoshihiko Nakazato, Yuichiro Ohshima, Masato Asahina, Hiroo Yokozeki Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Clinical Analysis and Management of Acquired Idiopathic Generalized Anhidrosis.
Authors: Satoh T Abstract Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis (AIGA) is a sweating disorder characterized by inadequate sweating in response to heat stimuli such as high temperature, humidity, and physical exercise. Patients exhibit widespread nonsegmental hypohidrosis/anhidrosis without any apparent cause, but the palms, soles, and axillae are rarely affected. Heat stroke readily develops due to increased body temperature. AIGA commonly affects young males. Approximately 30-60% of patients show complications of cholinergic urticaria, also known as idiopathic pure sudomotor failure or hypohidrotic cholinergi...
Source: Current Problems in Dermatology - September 3, 2016 Category: Dermatology Tags: Curr Probl Dermatol Source Type: research

Steroid treatment can improve the impaired quality of life of patients with acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: British Journal of Dermatology - July 24, 2014 Category: Dermatology Authors: A. Fukunaga, M. Hatakeyama, M. Tsujimoto, Y. Oda, K. Washio, C. Nishigori Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research

Steroid treatment can improve the impaired quality of life of patients with acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 25060903 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - July 24, 2014 Category: Dermatology Authors: Fukunaga A, Hatakeyama M, Tsujimoto M, Oda Y, Washio K, Nishigori C Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research