Confidence votes 4.9K. Sweat and urine have many similarities: we secrete sweat, but we excrete urine. Sweat is the body's way of regulating two things: temperature, and salt levels. A thin layer of liquid evaporates on the skin, helping us to cool down when we get too hot.onfidence votes 4.9K. Sweat and urine have many similarities: we secrete sweat, but we excrete urine. Sweat is the body's way of regulating two things: temperature, and salt levels. A thin layer of liquid evaporates on the skin, helping us to cool down when we get too hot.
Jump to navigation. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a condition that affects the blood and blood vessels. It results in the destruction of blood platelets (cells involved in clotting), a low red blood cell count (anemia) and kidney failure due to damage to the very small blood vessels of the kidneys.US is considered a syndrome because it is a combination of findings that may have different causes. In most cases, HUS occurs after a severe bowel infection with certain toxic strains of the bacteria called E. coli.
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Severe HPS. Image courtesy D. Loren Ketai, M.D. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with a hantavirus. Anyone who comes into contact with rodents that carry hantavirus is at risk of HPS.Rodent infestation in and around the home remains the primary risk for hantavirus exposure.Even healthy individuals are at risk for HPS infection if exposed to the virus.n fact, in a study of health care workers who were exposed to either patients or specimens infected with related types of hantaviruses (which cause a different disease in humans), none of the workers showed evidence of infection or illness. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Topics.