Fox-Fordyce Disease: A rare disorder where sweat trapped in the sweat glands results in itching inflammation of the involved tissue. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Fox-Fordyce Disease is available below.
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Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterized by small follicular papular eruptions in apocrine areas. It is caused by obstruction and rupture of intraepidermal apocrine ducts. (From Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)
Fox-Fordyce Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Fox-Fordyce Disease, or a subtype of Fox-Fordyce Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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