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Displasia ectodérmica - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Displasia ectodérmica anhidrótica; Síndrome de Christ-Siemens-Touraine

Síntomas:

Las personas con displasia ectodérmica pueden no sudar o presentar disminución de la sudoración, debido a una falta de glándulas sudoríparas.

Los niños con la enfermedad pueden tener dificultad para controlar la fiebre. Las enfermedades leves pueden producir fiebres extremadamente altas, porque la piel no puede sudar y controlar en forma adecuada la temperatura.

Los adultos afectados son incapaces de tolerar un ambiente cálido y requieren medidas especiales para mantener una temperatura corporal normal.

Otros síntomas abarcan:

  • Uñas anormales
  • Dientes ausentes o anormales
  • Ausencia o disminución de las lágrimas
  • Reducción del color de la piel (pigmento)
  • Intolerancia al calor
  • Incapacidad de sudar
  • Frente grande
  • Número de dientes por debajo de lo normal
  • Puente nasal bajo
  • Hipoacusia
  • Regulación deficiente de la temperatura
  • Visión deficiente
  • Cabello delgado y escaso
  • Piel delgada

Signos y exámenes:

Los exámenes que se pueden hacer abarcan:

  • Reviewed last on: 12/11/2009
  • Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease, Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washignton School of Medicine; and David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Morelli JG. Ectodermal dysplasias. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 648.

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