Chemistry of Palmar Sweat

Lobitz, Walter C.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1947.01520100058009

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“…The region f r om which sweat is collected may also be of importance, but results are conflicting. In palmar sweat, values of 215-1640 mg NaCI per 100 ml have been reported (13), while another study on palmar sweat resulted in concentrations of 4-100 mEq/1 of chloride (5), similar to concentrations from other regions of the body. Whether the analysis is made on sodium or chloride.…”

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'Rusters'. The corrosive action of palmar sweat: I. Sodium chloride in sweat

Jensen¹

1979

Acta Derm Venereol

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Sweat from 8 'rusters' and 8 control persons was examined for its sodium concentration. Sweating was induced by iontophoresis of pilocarpine on the distal forearm. In no case did the concentrations exceed the normal upper limit for this procedure, and no difference was found between the two groups. In this way the study failed to confirm earlier reports of elevated sodium chloride concentrations in sweat from 'rusters'. Proposals of a relationship between 'rusters' and patients with pancreatic cystic fibrosis were not substantiated. Hyperhidrosis of the palms and volar surfaces of the fingers was present in all 'rusters'. This seemed to be the main cause of the corrosive tendency, and patients referred for palmar hyperhidrosis were found to produce corrosion similar to the 'rusters'. Topical application of aluminium chloride hexahydrate in a 25% solution in absolute ethyl alcohol proved effective against both hyperhidrosis and the corrosive tendency.

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'Rusters'. The corrosive action of palmar sweat: I. Sodium chloride in sweat

Jensen¹

1979

Acta Derm Venereol

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“…The electrolyte concentration of sweat will also vary depending on the area of the body from which it has been collected. This is especially apparent with palmar sweat, which tends to be considerably more concen trated than that from other areas of the body at low rates of sweating (26). Furthermore, it has been shown that collecting sweat under a vapor-imper meable barrier will result in a decreased rate of potassium excretion and an increase in that of creatinine (27).…”

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Dermatology: The Eccrine Sweat Glands

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Rl²

1961

Annu. Rev. Med.

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Although much is known about the human eccrine sweat glands as a re sult of extensive studies carried out during the past half century, surprisingly little can be stated concerning the function of these organs without fear of contradiction. This situation has arisen for three major reasons: (a) It is now known that during active function the cellular structure of the eccrine sweat gland is undergoing significant alterations. (b) The function of the sweat gland is, in great part, dependent on the state of both the external and internal environment. (Careful control of both of these variables is essential to an experimental situation from which interpretable information is to be derived.) (c) Interpret�tion of the function of the sweat gland is considerably influenced by the method of sweat collection, the area from which the sweat is collected and the method employed to produce sweating.This review will not deal with specific diseases of the eccrine sweat gland.Nor will it be concerned with the alterations in structure and function of the sweat apparatus that occur when the skin itself is altered by disease. We will not emphasize environmental physiology and the problems of acclimatiza tion. The reader is referred to a most excellent and comprehensive review by . Weiner & Hellmann (53) on the total eccrine and apocrine sweat gland story.The interested reader, too, should refer to the recent book edited by Yoshi� mura, Ogata & Itoh on climatic physiology (54).In this review it is our hope to integrate, as much as possible, the many aspects now known of eccrine sweat gland structure and function in health and associated with non-cutaneous medical disease. In this way perhaps the interpretations of isolated findings on this subject will be made easier. In addition, we will take opportunities, too. to emphasize the many areas in which further investigative studies may be especially fruitful.On the basis of location, two types of eccrine glands can be differentiated: those on the palms and soles which respond primarily to mental work and emotional stimuli, and those in the remainder of the skin which act mainly in a thermoregulatory role. All eccrine sweat glands are innervated by sym pathetic fibers, but the secretion is induced by cholinergic agents. The nerve

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