Month: August 2019

Childhood pneumonia is the most common childhood respiratory disease. It is usually triggered by bacteria or viruses. Pneumonia in children is sometimes difficult to detect because the symptoms can be very nonspecific. Severe pneumonia in children can lead to death, so timely treatment is important. Read all important information about pneumonia in children. Pneumonia in…

Cholangitis (bile duct inflammation) is an inflammation of the bile ducts inside or outside the liver. The typical symptoms of cholangitis are fever, upper abdominal pain and a yellowing of the skin (jaundice). It is a rarer disease that affects mainly women over the age of 40 years. Cholangitis is mostly caused by bacteria or…

Factor V Leiden, also called APC resistance, causes a hereditary disease that interferes with blood clotting. This means that sufferers have a higher risk of getting thrombosis. We cause the disease by a genetic mutation in the blood coagulation factor V (five). Factor V Leiden therapy includes measures to prevent and treat thrombosis. Read all…

Presbyopia (also presbyopia, presbyopia) results from aging of the eye lens. She is noticeable from the age of 45. As with the actual farsightedness, those affected have problems reading at normal reading distance. With appropriate glasses, this can be resolved. Learn all about presbyopia here. What is presbyopia? Presbyopia is not a disease in the…

A parkinson’s clinic specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of people with “shaking palsy”. Some of these special latches also have a certificate from the German Parkinson Association (dPV). Here is a list of Parkinson’s clinics in Germany! People with Parkinson’s disease should get together in one Parkinson’s clinic (Specialist clinic). Doctors and other therapists…

The hailstone (chalazion) is a chronic inflammation of sebaceous glands on the eyelid margin. Slow swelling of the sebaceous glands produces a rough, easily displaceable lump on the upper or lower eyelid. Unlike the barley grain (hordeolum), the signs of inflammation in the hail-grain are only slight and pain is missing. Only a feeling of…

A glioma is a type of brain tumor that forms from supporting cells of the nerve tissue (glial cells). Depending on which type of glial cells the tumor results in, one distinguishes between different types of tumors such as astrocytoma, glioblastoma and mixed tumors. Therapy options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The prognosis varies –…

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a form of lung cancer that grows very rapidly. There are also early daughter tumors (metastases) in other parts of the body. Therefore, small cell lung cancer is very dangerous. Read how common the SCLC is and how it is treated! Small cell bronchial carcinoma: description Small cell bronchial carcinoma…

Prolactinoma is a benign tumor of the hypophysis (pituitary gland) which produces a high level of the hormone prolactin. As a result, the testicles and ovaries are stimulated too little, which impairs their function. Typical symptoms include the absence of the rule in women and impotence in men. The prolactinoma is usually successfully treated with…

As the days get shorter and darker, some people expire into a winter depression: they are depressed and impotent, have an extreme need for sleep and cravings for sweets. Winter depression is a seasonal depression. Year after year it starts in the autumn months, in the spring it is over again. Read all important information…