Chromidrosis

(kro - midrofsis) \_xp , color; Idpag, sweat]. A rare condition of the sweat in which it is variously colored, being bluish, blackish, reddish, greenish, or yellowish. Black sweat {Seborrhea nigricans) occurs usually in hysteric women, the face being most often affected. It is a ociated with chronic constipation and is due to the presence of indican in the sweat. Red sweat, hematidrosis, may be due to an exudation of blood into the sweat-glands, or to the presence of a microorganism in the sweat. 192