Month: October 2019

The sinusitis (frontal sinusitis) is a form of sinusitis: It is the mucosa inflamed in one or both frontal sinuses. Affected individuals typically have severe forhead pain and severe runny nose. The disease can be acute or chronic and occur at any age. Read more about symptoms, causes and treatment of sinusitis. What is sinusitis?…

As Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) refer to a temporary circulatory disorder in the brain. It often precedes strokes and is therefore an early warning sign! The TIA is usually caused by small blood clots, which are flushed with the blood stream into the brain, where they impede the blood circulation. Read here which symptoms the…

Chickenpox in adults is less common than in children. At this age, however, they are often more severe and more likely to cause complications than in small patients. Particularly vulnerable are, for example, people with a weakened immune system and pregnant women. Adults can only get chickenpox if they have never had the disease and…

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) is a genetic disorder in which chromosome 18 (or parts thereof) is present in triplicate rather than in duplicate. This disturbs the development of a child already in the womb and causes various organ malformations. Most of the small patients die before or soon after birth. Read more about the symptoms…

A dog bite can be very painful and hurt a lot of tissue. Particularly serious may be a serious bite injury by dogs in the area of ​​the face and neck. Regardless of the severity of the injury, there is always the danger that the bite wound will become infected. The dog saliva contains plenty…

High blood pressure is typical for pregnancy poisoning. Symptoms that also occur depend on the type of pregnancy poisoning. Signs such as protein in the urine can be seen in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. The latter is also accompanied by seizures that are life-threatening. Find out everything important about pregnancy poisoning and symptoms here! Pregnancy poisoning:…

Cholera is a serious infectious disease associated with massive diarrhea. It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The disease is particularly prevalent in areas with poor hygiene. Affected are usually malnourished and weakened persons. Left untreated, the infection is often fatal. Here you can read all important information about cholera. description Cholera is an…

Metatarsal bones (ossa metatarsalia) are broken in a metatarsal fracture. Cause is usually a direct violence. Sometimes it is also a fatigue break. Typical symptoms of metatarsal failure are swelling at the affected area and stressfulness. Usually a conservative treatment with a plaster is sufficient. In the case of a severely shifted metatarsal fracture, however,…

The eye disease glaucoma destroys the optic nerve and the sensitive visual cells of the retina in the eye. Responsible for this is a disturbed discharge of aqueous humor in the anterior chamber – it is formed more than can flow. The pressure in the eyeball increases and stops the flow of blood into the…

A lipoma is a bump under the skin that is often troubling. Very often, however, there is a harmless cause behind it: A lipoma is a harmless new formation of fatty tissue. Lipomas do not necessarily have to be treated. Sometimes they hurt but become very tall or visually disturbing. Then a doctor can remove…