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SWEAT TEST [3 records]

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Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
DEF

A procedure used to determine the amount of sodium and chloride (salt) in the sweat for diagnosing cystic fibrosis (CF).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
DEF

Test servant à diagnostiquer la mucovisidose; il consiste à mesurer la concentration de chlore dans un échantillon de sueur.

Key term(s)
  • test à la sueur

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • The Skin
DEF

[Test that] is done by feeling with the back of the fingers for coolness of the normal, moist skin, in comparison with the warmness of dry skin affected by M. leprae.

OBS

In some rare cases, it may be necessary to inject pilocarpine nitrate (1:1000) intradermally both in normal skin and skin with a suspected lesion of H.D.

Key term(s)
  • pilocarpine test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Appareil cutané
OBS

test à la pilocarpine : l'injection hypodermique de 1/10 de ml d'une solution de pilocarpine à 1% entraîne l'apparition de sueurs abondantes en région saine; elle ne provoque au contraire aucune réaction sudorale dans un territoire cutané intéressé par la névrite hansénienne.

Key term(s)
  • test à la pilocarpine

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

In fibrocystic disease (mucoviscidosis), there is excessive sodium chloride in the sweat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Dosage du chlore dans la sueur (...)

Spanish

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