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  2. Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the sympathetic nerve trunk in the thoracic region is destroyed. [1] [2] ETS is used to treat excessive sweating in certain parts of the body (focal hyperhidrosis), facial flushing, Raynaud's disease and reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

  3. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Adenectomy is the surgical removal of a gland. Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids, also known as the pharyngeal tonsils. Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. Aneurysmectomy is the resection or removal of an aneurysm. [1] Apicoectomy is the surgical removal of tooth's root tip.

  4. Adenolipoma - Wikipedia

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    Adenolipomas are diagnosed by surgical resection and examining the tumor with a microscope. [5] The presence of eccrine sweat glands are used to distinguish the tumor from a common lipoma . Size and the development of the capsule (tissue surrounding the tumor) can also aid in diagnosis.

  5. Want to sweat less? Here's what medical experts say. - AOL

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    We get it: There are times when you're in a social situation and the last thing you want to be doing is sweating.. Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating in the underarms, face ...

  6. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Sweat glands, also known as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, from Latin sudor 'sweat', [6] [7] are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland , which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct .

  7. Compensatory hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    Compensatory hyperhidrosis; Following Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy surgery for axillary (armpit), palmar (palm) hyperhidrosis and blushing, the body may sweat excessively at untreated areas, most commonly the lower back and trunk, but can be spread over the total body surface below the level of the cut.

  8. Social media is heating up over why Asians don’t have body odor

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    The video went viral with more than 4 million views. ... Nguyen explained that body odor is primarily associated with apocrine sweat glands, found in the armpit and groin areas. For those without ...

  9. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by excessive body temperature. Apocrine sweat glands are restricted to the armpits and a few other areas of the body and produce an odorless, oily, opaque secretion which then gains its characteristic ...