Sweaty skin, background and assessments.

[en] Overproduction of sweat, sweaty skin, and body malodors are felt unpleasant by many people in diverse social groups. This review summarizes the functional aspects of the eccrine, apocrine, and apoeccrine sweat glands as encountered in health and disease. A series of measuring methods are conveniently used to explore any trouble in sweat production. These include the gravimetric method, water evaporation quantification, skin staining procedures, dye injections, casting replicas, average electrometric assessments, and skin capacitance mapping / imaging (SCM). Qualitative assessment is provided by collection of sweat and volatile compounds followed by chromatographic analysis. At present, SCM appears to be the most valuable method for assessing the number of active glands and their individual sweat production by the eccrine and apoeccrine glands.

Disciplines :

Dermatology

Author, co-author :

Noël, Fanchon ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Master méd. (ex 4e master en 4 ans)

Franchimont, Claudine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques

PIERARD, Gérald ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie

Quatresooz, Pascale ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques

Language :

English

Title :

Sweaty skin, background and assessments.

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

International Journal of Dermatology

ISSN :

0011-9059

eISSN :

1365-4632

Publisher :

Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

647-55

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