The effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections for the management of Frey's syndrome was studied. Botulinum toxin A (approximately 0.5 Units/cm2) was injected intracutaneously into the affected skin area as determined by Minor's starch iodine test. Gustatory sweating in the treated skin area ceased completely within 1 week and has not reappeared (12 months follow up until now in the first trea...

The envenomation syndrome of Redback spider bites, lactrodectism, is distinctive. However diagnosis can be difficult due to an atypical presentation. We describe the case of a 1 year old boy with irritability, diaphoresis and reduced oral intake, in whom a diagnosis was made of redback spider bite. Successful resolution of symptoms was achieved following treatment with antivenom. The symptoms a...

Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma is a rare, benign tumor characterized by a proliferation of eccrine and vascular structures. We present 2 cases and review the characteristics of this disorder. The first patient was a 33-year-old woman who consulted for a brownish lesion on her back associated with local hyperhidrosis. The second patient was a 25-year-old man with an asymptomatic erythematous lesi...

to suffer from sharp pain over the splenic reo-fon accompanied by fever, the sharp pains pa?ssed off and were succeeded by a dull'heavy aching pain. For the last twenty days he had experienced rigors, followed by profuse perspiration, with constant fever, the temperature ranging between 99 and 100 in the morning, between 102 and 103-4 in tlie afternoon. At the same time the swelling of the spee...

The present study investigated the role of muscle metaboreceptor activation on human thermoregulation by measuring core temperature thresholds and slopes for sweating and cutaneous vascular responses during passive heating associated with central and peripheral mechanisms. Six male and eight female subjects inserted their lower legs into hot water (43°C) while wearing a water perfusion suit on ...

Thirst sensations due to the water loss of the body by sweating exhibit a characteristic time lag so that men always fail to drink enough to replace immediately their sweat losses. If a heavy sweating has took place under such a state of water debt, the chloride concentration of the body fluid has to be remarkably raised, for the chloride content of sweat is far lower than that of the body flui...

As if to rhyme with the famous Hollywood movie titled, 'Sleepless in Seattle', I saw a 64-year old man in my office in cardiac consultation who after having dinner with his son and daughter-in-law in Seattle was extremely short of breath while walking up a few stairs to his hotel room. He is from upstate New York area and was visiting them in Seattle. He never had any symptoms like this before....

BACKGROUND Primary hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating beyond physiological needs. It is a common disease (incidence 2.8%) that causes intense discomfort for patients. In the last decade, advantages of Single-Incision Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy have become clear, particularly in decreasing morbidity of sympathectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 2010 to December 2012, 3...

Hyperhidrosis, or abnormally increased sweating, is a condition that may have a primary or secondary cause. Usually medication- induced secondary hyperhidrosis manifests with generalized, rather than focal sweating. We report a 32-year-old woman with a history of palmoplantar hyperhidrosis for 15 years who presented for treatment and was prescribed oral glycopyrrolate. One month later, the palm...

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 43, 2 • Winter 2000 | 173 In 1918 an epidemic of influenza killed 20 million people worldwide. Spanish flu, as it was called, was a horrific disease. The flu would start with headaches, muscular pain, and fever. These would be rapidly followed by vomiting, dizziness, labored breathing, and profuse sweating. Sometimes purple blisters would appear on the skin...