dyshidrosis

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Related to cheiropompholyx: dyshidrotic eczema

Translations

dys·hi·dro·sis

, dysidrosis, dyshydrotic eczema

n. dishidrosis.

1. trastorno transpiratorio;

2. erupción recurrente de vesículas y picazón tal como en el pie de atleta.

References in periodicals archive ?

Later, in 1876, similar features were described by Hutchison who introduced the terms cheiropompholyx and podopompholyx.2,3 Today the disease is considered a special type of eczema with a pronounced spongiosis and accumulation of edema fluid in the regions with thick epidermis.4-6

Contact sensitizers in dyshidrotic eczema

Eczema of the hands (cheiropompholyx) usually down to a gene that's triggered by stress and lack of sleep.

Why are my hands itchy?

"Dyshidrotic eczema is also called pompholyx, a term that derives from cheiropompholyx meaning 'hand and bubble' in Greek.