Generalized anhidrosis in a child following presumptive H1N1 influenza

Partha S Ghosh; Sudeshna Mitra; Robert D Fealey

doi:10.1007/s10286-011-0144-4

Generalized anhidrosis in a child following presumptive H1N1 influenza

Clin Auton Res. 2012 Apr;22(2):109-12. doi: 10.1007/s10286-011-0144-4. Epub 2011 Sep 3.

Authors

Partha S Ghosh¹, Sudeshna Mitra, Robert D Fealey

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Neurology Center/Desk S60, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21892655
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-011-0144-4

Abstract

We report an 8-year-old girl who developed generalized anhidrosis following presumptive H1N1 infection. Pure autonomic dysfunction is an unusual complication following H1N1 infection and specially generalized anhidrosis without other autonomic dysfunction have not been reported before.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Hypohidrosis / diagnosis*
Hypohidrosis / virology*
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / pathogenicity*
Influenza, Human / complications*
Influenza, Human / diagnosis
Influenza, Human / virology
Sweat Glands / innervation
Sweat Glands / physiopathology
Sweat Glands / virology
Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
Sympathetic Nervous System / virology