miliaria rubra
skin disorder
Also known as: prickly heat
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description
- In miliaria
Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, the most common form of sweat retention, results from the escape of sweat into the epidermis, where it produces discrete, densely packed, pinhead vesicles or red papules (solid, usually conical elevations); these lesions occur chiefly on the trunk and extremities,…
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sweat gland occlusion
- In skin disease: Sweat glands
Prickly heat (miliaria) occurs in persons living in a hot, humid environment and is due to sweat retention brought on by the combination of increased sweat production and blockage of the duct from hydration of the surrounding horny layer of skin. The gland continues to…
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