Sudomotor function
- Starch test
- Quinarizin, a color indicator
- Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test ( QSART test )
Hyperhidrosis
- CRPS ( Complex Regional Pain Syndrome )
- Spinal paraplegic
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Localized hyperhidrosis
- ( palm, feet, lower extremities )
- congenital
- sign of nervousness
Anhidrosis
Peripheral nerve disease
Sympathectomy Mental arithmetic
ⓝ blood pressure & pulse rate increases
defect sympathetic NS ® no response ( central/peripheral )
Alteration of the pupils
+ epinephrine sol ( 1 : 1000 )
ⓝ no change
sympathetic denervation ® dilatation
+ cocaine sol 4 %
ⓝ dilatation
sympathetic denervation ® no response
