Anthrax is an often severe disease that primarily affects the skin, lungs or intestines. The disease requires rapid and effective antibiotic therapy and can be fatal. Also by the potential use as a terrorist weapon the anthrax pathogen is feared. In Germany, anthrax occurs only rarely. Read all important information about the symptoms and treatment…

Do you have gallstones? You should then keep an eye on the diet. With the right diet, it is not only possible to avoid discomfort (such as biliary colic) in existing gallstones, but also to prevent the formation of (new) gallstones. Read more about the right diet for gallstones! Low-fat diet for gallstones High-fat foods…

Typical sunstroke symptoms include headache, vomiting nausea, fever, and a reddened head. In addition to these classic ailments, other signs of sunstroke may also appear. Thus, disorders of consciousness and seizures may be the expression of a severe sunstroke. Treating the sunstroke symptoms in good time can often alleviate and shorten the course of the…

The lack of thyroid hormone, which occurs in hypothyroidism slows almost all metabolic processes of the body. Therefore, hypothyroidism often triggers weight gain, even if the affected patients eat little. In addition, there is an increased fluid retention between the organs and cells (interstitium). This also increases the body weight. Weight loss with hypothyroidism Losing…

Kidney cancer (malignant kidney tumor) is a malignant growth of the kidney. It can start from different cell types. The most common is renal cell carcinoma, which usually arises from cells of the urinary canals. At about two percent, kidney cancer accounts for only a very small proportion of all cancers. Read here all important…

Rheumatoid arthritis (chronic polyarthritis, primarily chronic polyarthritis) is an inflammatory joint disease that occurs in batches. Everyone can be affected. The patients mainly suffer from fingers and hands under swollen, aching and deformed joints. With consistent drug therapy, complications of the disease can be prevented in many cases. Read all important information about rheumatoid arthritis…

Hallux rigidus (hallux limitus, hallux flexus, hallux non extensus) denotes a painful movement restriction of the big toe. The reason for this is usually that the joint wears out in old age. Men are affected more frequently than women. In addition to analgesics and orthopedic aids, the treatment may also be in a hallux rigidus…

Whether and how to remove head gneus and cradle cap depends on the exact diagnosis. As a cradle cap crust and dandruff-forming eczema in babies, which is a first manifestation of the skin disease eczema. Just like head gnats, cradle scab found especially on the face and scalp of the baby. Remove cradle cap –…

Lichen sclerosus is a rare, non-contagious skin disease. Above all, it affects adult women, more rarely men and children. Especially the genital mucous membranes are affected, the skin can itch and feel sore. The therapy is usually in the use of cortisone-containing preparations to relieve the symptoms, a cure of the disease is currently not…

As Schnappfinger called a tendonitis (Tendovaginitis stenosans) in the area of ​​the flexor tendons of the hand. Other names are “fast finger” (lat. Digitus saltans), trigger finger and ring ligament stenosis. By nodular thickening, the tendon can no longer slide freely. This hinders the bending or stretching of the affected finger. Everything important about the…