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2. Miliaria - Wikipedia

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   Miliaria, commonly known as heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, [1] is a skin disease marked by small, itchy rashes due to sweat trapped under the skin by clogged sweat-gland ducts. Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in the tropics and during the summer. [ 2 ]

3. What does a heat rash look like? How to identify and treat it

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   Heat rash is also called prickly heat or miliaria. The common condition is defined as when the sweat glands and ducts get blocked, leading to the sweat to flow back into the outer (epidermis) and ...

4. How do I know if I have heat rash? A dermatologist explains ...

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   That’s a type of skin irritation called heat rash, also known as miliaria and prickly heat. “Texas could very well be a breeding ground for miliaria,” Dr. Adam Mamelak, ...

5. How to Treat (and Prevent!) Heat Rash So You Can Stay Cool ...

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   The true medical definition of a heat rash is a condition called miliaria, but people often use the phrase “heat rash” to refer to any rash that occurs in the summer after heat exposure, says ...

6. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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   Miliaria rubra (heat rash, prickly heat) Narcotic dermopathy; Occlusion miliaria; Painful fat herniation (painful piezogenic pedal papules, piezogenic papules) Peat fire cancer; Photoaging (dermatoheliosis) Photosensitivity with HIV infection; Phototoxic tar dermatitis; Photosenitization; Phytophotodermatitis (Berloque dermatitis) Pinch mark

7. Heat illness - Wikipedia

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   Heat rash, also known as prickly heat, is a maculopapular rash accompanied by acute inflammation and blocked sweat ducts. The sweat ducts may become dilated and may eventually rupture, producing small pruritic vesicles on an erythematous base. Heat rash affects areas of the body covered by tight clothing.

8. Why Sweat and Heat Make Your Skin So Sensitive - AOL

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   There is no way to avoid prickly heat entirely in hot weather, but wearing loosely fitting clothes and moving around to allow skin to breathe can help. A cool shower can also help rinse surface ...

9. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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   Also called prickly heat. Milaria rubra is the rupture of sweat glands and migration of sweat to other tissues. In hot environments, the skin's horny layer can expand due to sweat retention, blocking the ducts of eccrine sweat glands. The glands, still stimulated by high temperatures, continues to secrete.