Preferred Label : Miliaria rubra;
ICD-11 definition : 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.;
ICD-11 synonym : Heat rash; Prickly heat;
Origin ID : 1245016385;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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.
