Chromhidrosis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Chromhidrosis - Secret staining of sweat glands in the red, yellow, blue, green and other colors. Chromhidrosis may be due to synthesis of apocrine glands in the specific pigment with the release into the body and then received by chemicals or dyes forming a result of the activity of microorganisms living on the skin surface. chromhidrosis Treatment depends on its origin and can include removing the sweat glands, elimination of contact with substances leading to the sweat stain, careful skin hygiene.
Chromhidrosis
sweat gland diseases. Most often it occurs along with hyperhidrosis - excessive sweating. In some cases, sweat staining observed on the background of osmidroza - sweating with an unpleasant odor caused by increased reproduction of skin bacteria with insufficient hygienic care.
Dermatology classifies cases of sweat staining, which are caused by the synthesis and release of apocrine sweat glands specific pigment - lipofuscin. This is marked blue, yellow or black sweat. In other cases, the cause is chromhidrosis professional activity of patients, associated with copper, cobalt, catechol and some other chemicals.
The appearance of colored sweat can be caused by excessive growth of bacteria or fungal flora occurring in low hygiene areas of the body with excessive sweating. As a result, their ability to live micro-organisms are in the skin produce a variety of substances, including a chromogen, which is in contact with air oxidizes, turning the pot in red, blue, black, yellow, rarely - green.
dermatologist consultation complaining of linen and clothes staining in areas of contact with the skin. Mostly it armpits, genital area and the anus. The main diagnostic task here is to establish the causes of colored sweat. The presence of the pigment lipofuscin in the sweat is detected by the characteristic glow during the fluorescent diagnosis. To determine the composition and amount of the surface microflora on the skin and scraping bakposev conducted research on fungi.
iontophoresis, hydrotherapy. Expression, but a temporary effect have Botox injections that block innervation of sweat glands and thus reduces their functional activity. With the ineffectiveness of these methods may conduct sympathectomy.
Chromhidrosis associated with the production of lipofuscin, is an indication for laser or ultrasonic destruction of sweat glands, their surgical removal by liposuction, endoscopic curettage or surgical excision. The complication of such treatments may be of varying severity of compensatory hyperhidrosis.