Gustatory sweating and diabetes

Gustatory sweating as a feature of autonomic neuropathy is an unusual phenomenon in diabetes mellitus. We describe a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus complicated by retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. This patient presented with bilateral diffuse facial sweating during eating. She was trea...

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Published inNetherlands journal of medicine Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 159 - 162
Main Authors van der Linden, J, Sinnige, H.A.W, van den Dorpel, M.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alphen aan den Rijn Elsevier B.V 01.04.2000
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Adult
Associated diseases and complications
Biological and medical sciences
Cholinergic Antagonists - therapeutic use
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Diabetic Neuropathies - complications
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
Female
Gustatory sweating
Humans
Mandelic Acids - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Parasympatholytics - therapeutic use
Sweating, Gustatory - drug therapy
Sweating, Gustatory - etiology
Thermoregulation
Treatment Outcome
Thermoregulation
Diabetes mellitus
Gustatory sweating
Endocrinopathy
Case study
Human
Nervous system diseases
Cranial nerve disease
ENT disease
Complication
Peripheral neuropathy
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Summary:Gustatory sweating as a feature of autonomic neuropathy is an unusual phenomenon in diabetes mellitus. We describe a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus complicated by retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. This patient presented with bilateral diffuse facial sweating during eating. She was treated with the antimuscarine agent oxybutynine, which provided a striking relief from the gustatory sweating.
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ISSN:0300-2977
1872-9061
DOI:10.1016/S0300-2977(00)00004-8