Catalog

Miliaria rubra

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Miliaria rubra – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1245016385

A syndrome of cutaneous changes associated with sweat retention and extravasation of sweat at different levels in the skin resulting from apocrine duct obstruction. The sweat then seeps into the epidermis, producing pruritic erythematous papulovesicles. Also known as prickly heat.