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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…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often mistakenly perceived as a disorder affecting only children and adolescents. One of the reasons for this is that the fidgetiness that often occurs in children decreases in adulthood. In fact, however, the disorder that develops in childhood and adolescence persists in adulthood for around 60 percent of those…

Short-sightedness (myopia) is a common form of ametropia and often has no pathological value. It can occur as early as childhood and improve or worsen itself in the course of life. Myopia can be treated well with glasses, contact lenses or surgery. Only rarely occur dangerous secondary diseases. Here you read everything important about myopia….

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It is caused by a lack of insulin action on the body cells. As a result, not enough sugar from the blood can enter the tissue – the sugar concentration in the blood is increased and still can cause a lack of energy in the…

A jellyfish sting causes more or less severe skin reactions and pain. In severe cases, the contact with the sometimes meter-long tentacles of a very poisonous jellyfish (such as the Portuguese galley) can also lead to death. Read all about jellyfish stings here: Why some jellyfish are dangerous, what kind of symptoms a jellyfish sting…

A stroke caused by cerebral hemorrhage (hemorrhagic cerebral infarction) is a medical emergency. For the first symptoms you should therefore immediately call an ambulance! Vascular occlusion or cerebral hemorrhage: signs usually the same Regardless, brain hemorrhage and vascular obstruction (ischemic cerebral infarction) can not be reliably distinguished from the symptoms alone. This means that the…

Depression in children is easily overlooked. On the one hand, because symptoms such as sadness or anxiety are taken less seriously. Secondly, because their symptoms often differ from those of adults. In fact, depression is one of the most common mental disorders, even at a very young age. It is estimated that between one and…

The term “lymphocytic leukemia” covers two forms of cancers in which certain blood cells multiply uncontrollably: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). ALL is the most common childhood leukemia disease, while CLL almost only affects older people. Read more about lymphatic leukemia! This creates a lymphatic leukemia As “lymphocytic leukemia” doctors refer…