Reply to: 'primary focal hyperhidrosis: current treatment options and a step-by-step approach'
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Health Services Research Unit, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy Dermatology Unit, Campus Bio-Medico Medical School, Rome, Italy Dermatology Department, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
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Name: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
ISSN: 1468-3083
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21967598
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04287.x
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Electric Stimulation Therapy
Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the threshold of the skin to pain.
Catheter Ablation
Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-shock) or alternating current at radiofrequencies (usually 750 kHz). The technique is used most often to ablate the AV junction and/or accessory pathways in order to interrupt AV conduction and produce AV block in the treatment of various tachyarrhythmias.
Hyperhidrosis
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.
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Iontophoresis
Therapeutic introduction of ions of soluble salts into tissues by means of electric current. In medical literature it is commonly used to indicate the process of increasing the penetration of drugs into surface tissues by the application of electric current. It has nothing to do with ION EXCHANGE; AIR IONIZATION nor PHONOPHORESIS, none of which requires current.
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Primary focal hyperhidrosis: current treatment options and a step-by-step approach.
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