definitionMost frequently seen clinical form of miliaria, a common dermatosis caused by sweat retention and characterized by a vesicular eruption secondary to prolonged exposure to perspiration, with subsequent maceration and obstruction of the eccrine ducts. Lesions of miliaria rubra have a predilection for the covered parts of the skin, are characterized by pruritic small papules, vesicles, or papulovesicles surrounded by erythema and are always extrafollicular. | synonymsMiliaria Rubra, Red Dog, Lichen Tropicus, Prickley Heat |
UMLSHeat rash, Heat, prickly, Heat, rash, Miliaria Rubra, Miliaria tropicalis, Prickly Heat, Prickly heat NOS, Rash, heat, Sweat rash |
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