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hidradenitis

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hidradenitis /hi·drad·e·ni·tis/ (hi″drad-ĕ-ni´tis) inflammation of the sweat glands.
hidradenitis suppurati´va  a severe, chronic, recurrent suppurative infection of the apocrine sweat glands.

hi·drad·e·ni·tis (h-drdn-ts, h-)
n.
Inflammation of the sweat glands.

hidradenitis.
hidradenitis
inflammation of the sweat glands.


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Boils and abscesses in the buttocks and neck were the most prevalent infections (85%), followed by hidradenitis and cellulitis.
He was finally diagnosed with the chronic inflammatory skin disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa, which affects areas of the body where there is skin-to-skin contact.
 
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