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'Anhidrosis' means lack of sweating. It is also known by a number of other names including 'Adiaphoresis'^[1][2][3][4], 'Ischidrosis'^[5], 'Hypohidrosis', 'Oligidria', 'Oligohidrosis' and 'Sweating deficiency'.

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Causes

It may be caused by underactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Eccrine sweat glands are innervated via muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Hence antimuscarinic drugs cause anhidrosis.

See also

★ Horner's syndrome

★ Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)

References

1. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adiaphoresis
2. http://www.babylon.com/definition/adiaphoresis/English
3. http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=1286
4. http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0307179.html
5. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anhidrosis

External links

★ NIH/Medline

★ MSNBC - MSNBC article about child with Anhidrosis / CIPA