false positives

Last reviewed 01/2018

There can be an abnormally high sweat sodium and chloride in:

  • adrenal insufficiency
  • ectodermal dysplasia
  • hypothyroidism
  • hypopituitarism
  • nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
  • storage disorders such as mucopolysaccharidosis, glycogen storage disease type I and fucosidosis
  • severe malnutrition
  • HIV infection