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Hyperhidrosis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Excessive sweating. In the localized type, the most frequent sites are the palms, soles, axillae, inguinal folds, and the perineal area. Its chief cause is thought to be emotional. Generalized hyperhidrosis may be induced by a hot, humid environment, by fever, or by vigorous exercise.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.4825, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4825
Scope and Contents Case summary and correspondence relating to male letterpress machinist from east Edinburgh aged 19 at examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: left pleurisy, pneumonia, night sweats. Family history of...
Dates: 1943-1949

PR2.4873, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4873
Scope and Contents Case summary and correspondence relating to male master mariner from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: pain mid chest, night sweats, cough. Family history...
Dates: 1949

PR2.8462, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8462
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hyperhydrosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR3.1990, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1990
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hyperhidrosis of right side of the face of unknown aetiology; and post-operative Horner's syndrome. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR4.2089, 1935-1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2089
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, note, black-and-white photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: syringomyelia; kyphoscoliosis; excessive sweating on eating; and legs pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.2209, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2209
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; sweating on eating; loss of vision; and tinnitus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2333, 1937-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2333
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: ?syringomyelia; ?central cerebrospinal gliosis; kyphosis; and excessive sweating. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1939

PR2.14963, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14963
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, phtographs, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hyperhidrosis; and syringomyelia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.16181, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16181
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, handwritten notes and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; dizziness; heavy sweating; moodiness; and post-traumatic syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956