Sentences with phrase «apocrine sweat»

Apocrine Sweat Glands — Apocrine glands are located in close association to most hair follicles all over the body.

For instance, those that come from East Asia have less apocrine sweat glands.

(Hidradenitis suppurativa is a skin disease that most commonly affects areas bearing apocrine sweat glands or sebaceous glands, such as the underarms, breasts, inner thighs, groin and buttocks) I have done extensive research on this disease as I have suffered with it for about 30 years.

Once you hit puberty, your apocrine glands will start making apocrine sweat, which carries a strong, unpleasant scent and is actually a sign of healthy testosterone production.

Affecting the skin in regions containing apocrine sweat glands, HS is believed to be caused by immune system abnormalities, and elevated levels of the inflammatory factors called cytokines — including TNF — have been detected in HS lesions.

Not exact matches

Clear, fluid eccrine sweat, produced in much larger quantities, spreads the apocrine over a larger surface area — and the stench along with it.

Each of us has a unique sweat fingerprint, but the two types of sweat glands, apocrine and eccrine, are universal to humans.

Armpit body odor stems from bacterial breakdown of sweat produced by the apocrine glands.

Description — Apocrine glands are the major type of sweat glands in dogs.

She was presented to our Oncology department at VRCC in May of 2009, with a biopsy confirmed diagnosis of an aggressive sweat gland tumor (anaplastic apocrine gland adenocarcinoma) of the skin of the right chest wall.

Each sac is lined with abundant, modified sebaceous (oil) and apocrine (sweat) glands.