A Case of Generalized Hyperhidrosis Complicated with Acute Renal Failure
- Author:
Tae Suk KIM
1
;
Myung Ho KANG
;
Kyoung Ree LIM
;
Sang Hoon LEE
;
Won Ho LEE
;
Jeong Won HEO
;
Won Sup OH
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. wsoh@ymail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hyperhidrosis;
Acute kidney injury;
Starch-iodine test;
Cholinergic antagonists
- MeSH:
Acute Kidney Injury;
Body Fluids;
Cholinergic Antagonists;
Female;
Homeostasis;
Humans;
Hyperhidrosis;
Middle Aged;
Oliguria;
Physical Examination;
Sweat;
Sweating
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;82(4):497-502
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hyperhidrosis is a disorder characterized by perspiration in excess of the physiologic amount necessary to maintain thermal homeostasis. It is categorized as either a primary condition or a condition occurring secondary to a number of diseases and the use of prescribed drugs and is further classified according to anatomical distribution as being focal, regional, or generalized. Severe generalized hyperhidrosis is extremely rare but significantly inhibits social activities in those affected. A 48-year-old female with oliguria was admitted to our hospital. Both a physical examination and a starch-iodine test showed generalized hyperhidrosis, suggesting that excessive loss of body fluid via sweating had led to prerenal acute renal failure (ARF). To our knowledge, severe cases of generalized hyperhidrosis causing ARF have not previously been reported. The present case is reported with a review of the literature on the etiology and management of generalized hyperhidrosis.
