Diseases

Miliaria

A syndrome of cutaneous changes associated with sweat retention and extravasation of sweat at different levels in the skin. Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction. The sweat then seeps into the epidermis, producing pruritic erythematous papulovesicles. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

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A syndrome of cutaneous changes associated with sweat retention and extravasation of sweat at different levels in the skin. Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction. The sweat then seeps into the epidermis, producing pruritic erythematous papulovesicles. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

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  • Miliaria Rubra
  • Prickly Heat
  • Heat, Prickly

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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a sweat gland dis

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Miliaria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008883. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008883
  2. Miliaria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliaria
  3. Miliaria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768888