Prickly heat

Sweat is a clear, salty liquid produced by glands in your skin. Sweating is how your body cools itself. You sweat mainly under your arms and on your feet and palms. When sweat mixes with bacteria on your skin, it can cause a smell. Bathing regularly and using antiperspirants or deodorants can help control the odor. Sweating a lot is normal when it is hot or when you exercise, are anxious, or have a fever. It also happens during menopause. If you often sweat too much, it's called hyperhidrosis. Causes include thyroid or nervous system disorders, low blood sugar, or another health problem. Sweating too little, anhidrosis, can be life-threatening because your body can overheat. Causes of anhidrosis include dehydration, burns, and some skin and nerve disorders.

Disease Alternative Name

sweat

body odor

hyperhidrosis

perspiration

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Dr. Bhargav Siddhapara

Family Medicine

How Doctors helped me diagnose this Itch

30/M suffered acute high fever upto 102.6F for 2 days with submandibular and sub-auricular lymph node enlargement. Platelets were normal (245000) on day 3 with WBC 5800 On 3rd day eve, non-itching prickly heat kind of rash appeared all ove...See More

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Dr. Asv Prasad

Dermatology

That is an excellent presentation of evolution of the disease - fever-rash- itch - trunk involvement-limbs . The rash appearing on dissolution of fever is characteristic of Roseola or 6th disease. It is known to occur in infants and childre...