Chromhidrosis is coloured sweat - usually green or yellow - and
secrted by the apocrine sweat glands. Most apocrine glands are in
the axillae and perineum but they may be scattered around the body
eg face and trunk. It is not, to my knowledge, associated with
coloured urine.
Julian Barth
> For urine colours there is a nice patient page at:
> http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0703.htm
>
> 1 Is it really happening? Sweat as well as urine? If so:
>
> 2 Drugs, despite the first time, second hand history, especially
> rifampicin
>
> 3 Do suntan compounds etc do this... at least it would be topical.
> (This was supposed to be a reference to the English summer, but then
> it occurred to me that if it was affecting both sweat and urine it
> would have to be systemic, as well as topical. )
>
> Dr Jonathan Kay
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds General Infirmary
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