perspiration
Let an agent explain perspiration and its physiology, relay composition, kinds and roles from physiological sources, describe abnormal sweating in general terms, and route personal concerns to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain perspiration and its physiology, relay composition, kinds and roles from physiological sources, describe abnormal sweating in general terms, and route personal concerns to clinicians.
The fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin, composed mostly of water with sodium chloride, urea, lactate and other solutes, produced by eccrine glands over most of the body for thermoregulation and by apocrine glands in the axilla, groin and scrotum in response to stress and emotion, with palmar and plantar sweating linked to arousal; sweating cools the body by evaporation, and abnormal sweating is a symptom in several conditions.
What it is for: Cooling the body and responding to stress.
It can be explain physiology; relay composition and kinds; describe abnormal sweating; route personal concerns.
Distinguishing features
Evaporative cooling
Two gland types
Emotional and thermal triggers
Salt loss
What it looks like
Clear salty fluid on the skin.
Physical character
water content: about 99 percent
maximum sweat rate: about 2-4 litres per hour - acclimatised adults
sodium concentration: about 20-80 mmol/L - varies
How it is recognised
Sweat gland secretion
Eccrine thermal sweat, apocrine sweat of axilla and scrotum, stress and palm sweat
Sebum is an oily skin secretion; tears and saliva are other secretions
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
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is a kind of - in registry terms
is produced by - in the skin
In practice
Families and kinds
eccrine thermoregulatory sweat
apocrine sweat of the axilla, groin and scrotum
emotional and stress-induced sweat
palmar and plantar sweat
gustatory sweating
abnormal sweating: hyperhidrosis and anhidrosis
Identifiers
MeSH D013542 sweat
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines on hyperhidrosis
Occupational heat stress standards
Sweat testing standards for cystic fibrosis diagnosis
Failure modes and hazards
Dehydration and heat illness from excessive sweating
Agents giving personal medical advice
Confusing sweat with other secretions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.perspiration
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What perspiration is.
Science.
Definition
Definition and composition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is sweat, what is it made of, and how do eccrine and apocrine sweat differ? definition
- Is the question about sweat or another skin secretion? boundary
Triggers
Triggers.
Triggers
Triggers.
- How do heat, exercise, stress and emotion trigger sweating, including palms and axillae? definition
- Which entry fits sweat gland? action
Physiology Physiology.
Science.
Cooling
Thermoregulation.
Cooling
Cooling.
- How does evaporative cooling work, and how does acclimatisation change sweating? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Balance
Fluid and salt balance.
Balance
Balance.
- How does sweating affect hydration and electrolytes, and what do sport science guidelines advise in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits heat illness? action
Clinical Clinical.
Clinical.
Abnormal
Abnormal sweating.
Abnormal
Abnormal.
- What are hyperhidrosis, anhidrosis and night sweats, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user describing a symptom, which needs a clinician? boundary
Tests
Sweat tests.
Tests
Tests.
- How is sweat used in diagnosis, such as the cystic fibrosis sweat test? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Culture and products.
Context.
Products
Deodorants and antiperspirants.
Products
Products.
- How do antiperspirants and deodorants work, and how are they regulated? provenance
- Which entry fits antiperspirant? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures view sweating, from saunas to body odour norms? provenance
- Which entry fits sauna? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should hyperhidrosis and sweat gland be the primary linked entries?
- How should physiological references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming sites and triggers; should they be split off?