Chromohidrosis

Introduction

Introduction to Chronic Sweat Chromhidrosis is a rare disease caused by the sweating of the apocrine glands, often caused by bacteria that produce pigments. Small sweat glands rarely emit color sweat, and accidental ingestion of certain drugs or dyes can also cause sweating. There is also yellow sweat in the Chinese medical literature, and blood is recorded. Such as "the source of the disease" yellow sweat records: "Yellow sweat is a disease, body swelling, fever, sweat and thirst, strong as feng shui, sweat dyed clothes, Zheng Huang Ruyi juice." basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.002% - 0.004% Susceptible people: no special people Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: odor sweating hyperhidrosis

Cause

Cause of color sweat

(1) Causes of the disease

The etiology of this disease is not clear, and may have certain correlation with environmental factors, genetic factors, dietary factors, and mood and nutrition during pregnancy.

(two) pathogenesis

The pathogenesis is still unclear. Pathological examination shows that there is obvious neutrophil infiltration in the sweat gland tissue, which proves that the disease has a certain relationship with infection. Pathogens can be found in secretion culture.

Prevention

Color sweat prevention

Because the cause of this disease is not clear, it may be related to environmental factors, genetic factors, dietary factors, and mood and nutrition during pregnancy. Therefore, it is impossible to directly prevent the disease against the cause. For some people who eat high-pigmented foods or drugs, they can recover from drinking water, and they can avoid eating foods with high concentration of pigments, which can reduce the onset.

Complication

Chronic sweat complications Complications , hyperhidrosis, hyperhidrosis

1. Blotch: Bromhidrosis refers to sweaty odor, which has systemic odor and local odor, and the latter is common with odor and foot odor.

2. Hyperhidrosis: A disease caused by excessive secretion of sweat glands due to excessive sympathetic stimulation. The smell of smelly sweat is different, mostly related to sweating, and it is aggravated in summer. It has the strongest odor during puberty and decreases with age.

Symptom

Symptoms of Chronic Sweat Common Symptoms Anxiety, Sweating, Sweat, Spleen, Stomach

1. More common face (not the normal apocrine gland distribution area, but the place where the ectopic apocrine glands exist), followed by the armpit, umbilicus and genital area.

2. The color of sweat is not the same, the most common in yellow, yellow sweat in the armpit often combined with odor, the color of the apocrine glands is blue or green, such as injection of methylene blue can be cyan sweat, iodide can make the sweat red Oral administration of clofazimine (chlorophenazine) can make the sweat red, followed by brown, black, purple, brown, also known as bloody (hematohidrois), blue sweat, green sweat can be seen in Workers in the copper industry.

3. Can occur at any age, with persistent or intermittent appearance, emotional excitement such as fear, anger, anxiety often trigger or aggravate.

Examine

Color sweat test

1. Sweat electrolyte test: Sweat is a liquid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, which refers to sweat caused by heat. Sweat dielectric examination has important clinical significance for the diagnosis of endocrine and metabolic diseases.

2. Temperature and sweating check: Sweating is an important function to regulate body temperature, keep it at a relatively stable level, and keep people in a more comfortable state, thus maintaining full energy and healthy body. Sweating in the human body can be divided into no sweat and effective sweat. Check the normal value: at normal room temperature, the skin temperature is kept at around 37 °C, no sweating.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of color sweat

diagnosis

Can be diagnosed based on clinical symptoms.

TCM pathogenesis and syndrome differentiation: Chinese medicine believes that there are many spleen and stomach damp heat, sweating and sensation of venom, causing discoloration of pores and perspiration.

Differential diagnosis

The disease should be differentiated from drug-induced chromic acid. The latter usually uses certain pigmented drugs. The drug cannot be completely excreted through the digestive tract and the urinary system, or the drug is too much excreted by the sweat glands to cause the secretion of sweat. Abnormal disease. In particular, some drugs or foods that contain pigmentation, such as leeks, and foods that contain a lot of Sudan red.

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