Non-invasive and accurate access of biomarkers remains a holy grail of the biomedical community. Human eccrine sweat is a surprisingly biomarker-rich fluid which is gaining increasing attention. This is especially true in applications of continuous bio-monitoring where other biofluids prove more challenging, if not impossible. However, much confusion on the topic exists as the microfluidics of ...

Although sweat conductivity values are well matched with chloride concentrations for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis, sweat conductivity is not accepted as a definitive diagnostic tool but only a screening method. The aim of this study was to compare the sweat chloride measurements and sweat conductivity values of our patients, and to determine cut-off values of conductivity for making or exclud...

TO THE EDITOR: All published comparisons of local sweat sampling techniques (e.g., filter paper, gauze, skin scraping, pipette, rubber glove, or arm bag collections) versus the whole body wash down method have reported that local samples contained higher electrolyte concentrations (4). The present paper by Weschler (5) provides a hypothetical mechanism for these findings [i.e., sweat leaches el...

This paper describes a device speci®cally designed to facilitate neonatal sweat testing. The components are sized appropriately for attachment to the limbs of newborns. Iontophoretic electrodes, with pilocarpine gel inserts, are latched into small holders attached by straps to the limb. The holder at the anodic site remains in place to receive and align the sensor cell, which uses a conical col...

Abstract This article performs a close reading of an advertisement Fenty Beauty's Body Lava featuring Rihanna in order to tease apart the imbrications celebrity, sexuality, blackness, and labor by using analytic sweat. Since sweat is secreted body, this particularly interested its relationship enfleshment what it tells us about material aspects black ecologies. Working through how where surface...

Patients with hypoxic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have evidence of a subclinical parasympathetic autonomic neuropathy, with apparent preservation of sympathetic function. However, these cardiovascular-respiratory tests might have been biased by concomitant chest disease, the acetylcholine sweat-spot test avoids this bias. This sweat-spot test assesses sympathetic nerve function...

CONTEXT Many National Football League (NFL) teams practice 2 times per day over consecutive days in a hot and humid environment. Large body surface area (BSA) and use of protective equipment result in high sweat rates and total sweat loss in these football players. OBJECTIVE To compare sweat rate, sweat loss, fluid consumption, and weight loss between NFL linemen and backs during preseason pr...