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Miliaria

MedGen UID:
44443
•Concept ID:
C0026113
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Heat Rash; heat rash; miliaria; Prickly Heat; prickly heat
SNOMED CT: Miliaria (63951004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006580

Definition

A small (one mm or less) vesicular, papular or pustular monomorphous rash, which is associated with heat, fever or occlusion of sweat glands. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMiliaria

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Isolated hypohidrosis: pathogenesis and treatment.
Chan MMH, Lim GH, Zhao X, Tey HL
Eur J Dermatol 2020 Dec 1;30(6):680-687. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2020.3931. PMID: 33262099
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in the Sudan: clinical presentation and differential diagnosis.
Zijlstra EE, Khalil EA, Kager PA, El-Hassan AM
Br J Dermatol 2000 Jul;143(1):136-43. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03603.x. PMID: 10886148
Treatment of prickly heat.
MITCHELL JN, STAMM WP
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1956 Jul;50(4):420-1. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(56)90051-7. PMID: 13360994

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Incidence of Vesicobullous and Erosive Disorders of Neonates: Where and How Much to Worry?
Goyal T, Varshney A, Bakshi SK
Indian J Pediatr 2021 Jun;88(6):574-578. Epub 2011 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0592-9. PMID: 22037857
Isolated hypohidrosis: pathogenesis and treatment.
Chan MMH, Lim GH, Zhao X, Tey HL
Eur J Dermatol 2020 Dec 1;30(6):680-687. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2020.3931. PMID: 33262099
The increasing relevance of biofilms in common dermatological conditions.
Kravvas G, Veitch D, Al-Niaimi F
J Dermatolog Treat 2018 Mar;29(2):202-207. Epub 2017 Aug 9 doi: 10.1080/09546634.2017.1360989. PMID: 28749746
Tacrolimus ointment: utilization patterns in children under age 2 years.
Housman TS, Norton AB, Feldman SR, Fleischer AB Jr, Simpson EL, Hanifin JM, Antaya RJ
Dermatol Online J 2004 Jul 15;10(1):2. PMID: 15347484
Etiology and pathophysiology of diaper dermatitis.
Berg RW
Adv Dermatol 1988;3:75-98. PMID: 3152829

Diagnosis

Miliaria crystallina.
Palaniappan V, Sadhasivamohan A, Sankarapandian J, Karthikeyan K
Clin Exp Dermatol 2023 Apr 27;48(5):462-467. doi: 10.1093/ced/llad032. PMID: 36692206
Common Neonatal Rashes.
Chadha A, Jahnke M
Pediatr Ann 2019 Jan 1;48(1):e16-e22. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20181206-01. PMID: 30653638
Inflammatory and glandular skin disease in pregnancy.
Yang CS, Teeple M, Muglia J, Robinson-Bostom L
Clin Dermatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3):335-43. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.005. PMID: 27265071
Newborn skin: Part I. Common rashes.
O'Connor NR, McLaughlin MR, Ham P
Am Fam Physician 2008 Jan 1;77(1):47-52. PMID: 18236822
Miliaria.
Feng E, Janniger CK
Cutis 1995 Apr;55(4):213-6. PMID: 7796612

Therapy

The increasing relevance of biofilms in common dermatological conditions.
Kravvas G, Veitch D, Al-Niaimi F
J Dermatolog Treat 2018 Mar;29(2):202-207. Epub 2017 Aug 9 doi: 10.1080/09546634.2017.1360989. PMID: 28749746
Skin conditions: common skin rashes in infants.
Zuniga R, Nguyen T
FP Essent 2013 Apr;407:31-41. PMID: 23600337
Tacrolimus ointment: utilization patterns in children under age 2 years.
Housman TS, Norton AB, Feldman SR, Fleischer AB Jr, Simpson EL, Hanifin JM, Antaya RJ
Dermatol Online J 2004 Jul 15;10(1):2. PMID: 15347484
Diaper dermatitis.
Schanzer MC, Wilkin JK
Am Fam Physician 1982 Apr;25(4):127-32. PMID: 6461232
Vitamin C.
Catalano PM
Arch Dermatol 1971 May;103(5):537-9. doi: 10.1001/archderm.103.5.537. PMID: 4931650

Prognosis

Occupational skin disease in mining: an Australian case series.
Dear K, Toholka R, Nixon R
Arch Environ Occup Health 2021;76(8):504-510. Epub 2020 Dec 29 doi: 10.1080/19338244.2020.1857674. PMID: 33372583
Incidence of Vesicobullous and Erosive Disorders of Neonates: Where and How Much to Worry?
Goyal T, Varshney A, Bakshi SK
Indian J Pediatr 2021 Jun;88(6):574-578. Epub 2011 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0592-9. PMID: 22037857
Inflammatory and glandular skin disease in pregnancy.
Yang CS, Teeple M, Muglia J, Robinson-Bostom L
Clin Dermatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3):335-43. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.005. PMID: 27265071
Multiple eruptive milia.
Fett N, Nevas J
Cutis 2013 Apr;91(4):191-2. PMID: 23763079
Newborn skin: Part I. Common rashes.
O'Connor NR, McLaughlin MR, Ham P
Am Fam Physician 2008 Jan 1;77(1):47-52. PMID: 18236822

Clinical prediction guides

Paraviral cutaneous manifestations associated to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Zupin L, Moltrasio C, Tricarico PM, Del Vecchio C, Fontana F, Marzano AV, Crovella S
Infect Dis (Lond) 2023 Mar;55(3):181-188. Epub 2022 Dec 9 doi: 10.1080/23744235.2022.2153913. PMID: 36494183
Why does sweat lead to the development of itch in atopic dermatitis?
Murota H, Yamaga K, Ono E, Murayama N, Yokozeki H, Katayama I
Exp Dermatol 2019 Dec;28(12):1416-1421. Epub 2019 Jul 3 doi: 10.1111/exd.13981. PMID: 31152459
Inflammatory and glandular skin disease in pregnancy.
Yang CS, Teeple M, Muglia J, Robinson-Bostom L
Clin Dermatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3):335-43. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.005. PMID: 27265071
Newborn skin: Part I. Common rashes.
O'Connor NR, McLaughlin MR, Ham P
Am Fam Physician 2008 Jan 1;77(1):47-52. PMID: 18236822
Congenital miliaria crystallina.
Haas N, Henz BM, Weigel H
J Am Acad Dermatol 2002 Nov;47(5 Suppl):S270-2. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2002.108489. PMID: 12399748

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