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Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person exhibits excessive sweating, [1] [2] more than is required for the regulation of body temperature. [3] Although it is primarily a physical burden, hyperhidrosis can deteriorate the quality of life of the people who are affected from a psychological, emotional, and social perspective. [4]
The English disease or British disease may refer to: The British disease, a term for the economic stagnation the United Kingdom underwent during the 1970s; Football hooliganism in the United Kingdom, which was often referred to as the "English disease" Sudor anglicus, also known as the sweating sickness, common in sixteenth-century Europe; Rickets
A disease that causes fever, sweating, and vomiting. The disease itself only appears a few times in the show. Carly contracts the disease several times in her life, however, she is declared a healthy carrier, causing a doctor to advise her to avoid contact with other infected persons and cute boys. She later inadvertently infects someone via an ...
The Picardy sweat was an infectious disease of unknown cause and one of the only diseases that bears resemblance to the English sweating sickness.The Picardy sweat is also known as the miliary fever, suette des Picards in French, [1] and picard'scher Schweiß, picard'sches Schweissfieber, or Frieselfieber in German. [2]
Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. [ 1 ] Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands . [ 2 ]
A thermoregulatory sweat test can evaluate the body’s response to a thermal stimulus by inducing sweating through a hot box (also called a hot room), a thermal blanket, or physical exercise. Failure of the topical indicator to undergo a colour change during thermoregulatory sweat testing indicates hypohidrosis, and further tests may be ...
Hematidrosis, also called hematohidrosis, haematidrosis, hemidrosis and blood sweat, is a very rare condition in which a human sweats blood. [1] The term is from Ancient Greek haîma / haímatos ( αἷμα / αἵματος ), meaning blood, and hīdrṓs ( ἱδρώς ), meaning sweat.