gustatory sweating syndrome — auriculotemporal s … Medical dictionary
Sweating, gustatory — Sweating on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food. Some gustatory sweating is normal after eating hot, spicy foods. Otherwise, gustatory sweating is most commonly a result of damage to a nerve that goes to the… … Medical dictionary
gustatory hyperhidrosis — 1. hyperhidrosis after certain kinds of taste sensations; called also gustatory sweating. 2. auriculotemporal syndrome … Medical dictionary
thermal sweating — thermoregulatory sweating the normal mechanism by which a warm external environment causes sweating, as opposed to conditions such as emotional hyperhidrosis and gustatory hyperhidrosis … Medical dictionary
Frey syndrome — Sweating on one side of the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food as a result of damage to a nerve that goes to the large saliva gland in the cheek (the parotid gland). Frey syndrome is the most common cause of… … Medical dictionary
Syndrome, Frey — Sweating on one side of the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food as a result of damage to a nerve that goes to the large saliva gland in the cheek (the parotid gland). Frey syndrome is the most common cause of… … Medical dictionary
Compensatory hyperhidrosis — is a form of neuropathy. It is encountered in patients with myelopathy, thoracic disease, cerebrovascular disease, nerve trauma or after surgeries. The exact mechanism of the phenomenon is poorly understood. It is attributed to the perception in… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Hyperhidrosis — Primary hyperhidrosis is the condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature. igns and symptomsHyperhidrosis can either be generalized or localized to specific parts of… … Wikipedia
auriculotemporal syndrome — redness and sweating on the cheek in connection with eating; many persons have mild cases, especially after eating spicy or sharp tasting foods. Some individuals have more severe forms, such as after surgery or other damage to the parotid gland… … Medical dictionary
