Barbara,
We look forward to hearing updates from you and hope that you have good news for us once you get a diagnosis! Let us know if you have additional questions, especially if there's anything in those journal articles you want clarification on--I know slogging through medical journal articles isn't always the most enjoyable reading--hehehe.
Best,
Heiferly.
thank you so much for all of this really sweet of you to go throught the trouble. i will look at it all and keep in touch with what i do and what they find thank you again. Barbara
It doesn't seem to be too bad. He just doesn't like any heat on his stomach, including sunlight. Look at my profile and you can see his picture after having the sweat test done. Where he didn't sweat stayed orange. He should have been all purple.
wow hate that for him i went to the dr today, they took blood and going do a hormone see if its that and than they are going to do a ct of head to make sure not a tumor. i praying for it to show nothing . i will have to look that up what your son has, is it ok to live with.
My son had the thermoregulartory sweat test done in January. He doesn't sweat on his mid section of torso or on his upper left arm. They diagnosed him with small fiber neuropathy in those areas.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/I-sweat-only-on-one-side/show/1008985
Many doctors may not be familiar with the rare autonomic condition(s) that can cause this. Unfortunately, there is no hospital in your state with an autonomic clinic. The closest one to you is in Tennessee, at Vanderbilt:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Neurological-Disorders/Dysautonomia-Specialists/show/717?cid=196
However, with any luck you can find a neurologist at a major teaching hospital near you who is knowledgeable in autonomic disorders and able to diagnose you and confirm that your condition is benign. Not actually knowing the hospitals in your area, but guessing from national rankings available online and comparing the city listed on your MedHelp profile to google maps, I'd guess this is the most likely hospital to have a specialist in your area who can help you:
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/emory-university-hospital-6380570
With all those caveats, obviously you know your area better than I can from Ohio, so I may be off the mark there. But for what it's worth, that's what I found.
Hopefully you can find a doc and get a diagnosis soon,
-Heiferly.