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Fluid produced naturally in the body that performs important thermoregulatory functions. Metabolic end product that enables the body to control metabolic processes.
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- When sweating (Perspiratio sensibilis, up to 1.5 l/day), evaporation cools not only the skin but also the blood in the skin capillaries. Moisture is released via the eccrine sweat glands.
- Perspiratio insensibilis: Continuous invisible release of sweat, 0.25-0.5 l/day. The pH value of the sweat is 7.2-7.3 and the composition of the sweat is subject to considerable fluctuations. The solid content is less than 1%. Perorally or percutaneously supplied substances or their metabolites can be detected in sweat with sufficient accuracy even in small quantities.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Fiedler HP (1991) The physiology of perspiration. Medical cosmetology 21: 161-173
- Stern UM et al (1998) Sex-dependent differences in sweating of normal probands and atopic patients in cardiovascular stress. dermatologist 49: 209-215
- Stolman LP (2003) Treatment of hyperhidrosis. J Drugs Dermatol 2: 521-527
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