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 treated with the antimuscarine agent oxybutynine, which provided a striking relief from the gustatory sweating.
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Department of Internal Medicine, St. Clara Hospital Rotterdam, Olympiaweg 350, 3078 HT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D008333:Mandelic Acids; D010276:Parasympatholytics; C005419:oxybutynin