Feb 19, 2018 · Miliaria, also known as sweat/heat rash or prickly heat is a skin condition caused by blocked or inflamed sweat ducts. Heat rash is common especially in hot, humid or tropical climates.

Fox-Fordyce disease, Apocrine miliaria, Apocrine duct occlusion, Sweat retention disease. Authoritative facts from DermNet New Zealand.

Miliaria Miliaria affects about 15% of newborn babies in warm climates and is due to blockage (occlusion) of the sweat duct. If the occlusion is superficial, sweat collects just below the stratum …

Miliaria Miliaria refers to sweat rash (prickly heat) due to obstructed sweat glands and perhaps localised hyperproliferation of specific commensal microorganisms such as strains of Staphylococcus …

Miliaria is a common skin disease caused by blockage and/or inflammation of eccrine sweat ducts. Miliaria is frequently seen in hot, humid, or tropical climates, in patients in hospital, and in the …

Miliaria Hidradenitis suppurativa is sometimes mistaken for boils. Hidradenitis affects the axillae, inguinal, perianal and submammary areas and results in inflamed boil-like nodules that may …

What are pustules? Pustules are smaller than 5–10 mm, and filled with pus, that is, purulent material composed of inflammatory cells (neutrophils). Pus can indicate bacterial, fungal or viral infection …

Darier disease Miliaria Folliculitis such as malassezia folliculitis or gram-negative folliculitis What is the treatment of transient acantholytic dermatosis? There is no curative treatment for Grover disease, …

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