Neurodermatitis In Children: Symptoms And Treatment When it itches so badly and the child only wants to scratch itself (5), this is also difficult for the parents to bear (3). About 10 – 20 % of all children worldwide (8) suffer from neurodermatitis (1), a non-infectious skin change (4), which also affects 2 – 5…
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): symptoms, causes, therapy Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) refers to physical symptoms such as lower abdominal pain (4) and/or psychological impairments (8) up to depressive moods (2) that occur before the start of menstrual bleeding (3). It does not exist in men, only in females (1). The reasons for this are not yet fully…
Lung Cancer Life Expectancy And Chances Of Recovery One of the most common types of cancer is lung cancer (3). Life expectancy and chances of recovery depend primarily on the type of tumour (1) and how advanced it is (2). In most cases, the prognosis is poor (6) because it is detected very late (8)…
Eye Floaters: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, And Treatment Many people suffer from eye floaters (7). Affected patients then often report to the ophthalmologist (3) that they see black dots that seem to dance in front of their eyes (1). The phenomenon is also known as “Mouches volantes” (French for “flying flies”) (2). The vitreous clouding is…
Typhoid fever: Causes, Symptoms, And Treatment Typhoid fever is an infectious disease (1) that can be dangerous if left untreated (2). The trigger is a certain type of bacteria, (4) namely salmonella (3). A distinction is made between abdominal typhoid fever (typhus abdominalis) and the typhoid-like disease (paratyphoid fever) – (5) it is the attenuated…
Cataract surgery: procedure, risks, prognosis One of the most common eye diseases in old age is cataract (2), having a very high prevalence (1). Cataracts have many different triggers (3) and affects workers from all professions (6). Today, cataract surgery and appropriate follow-up treatment enable almost 90 percent of all patients (4) to regain between…
Narcissistic personality disorder: signs, causes A narcissistic personality disorder is a serious condition (2) and also very common (5) in many countries (6) (7). Symptoms usually start during the childhood of the patient (1). It is more than just striving for recognition and attention (8), however, those are typical symptoms too (4). Behind the often…
Cataracts: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment A cataract is a very common eye disease (3) in which the otherwise clear lens of the eye becomes increasingly cloudy (2). As a result, vision steadily decreases (4). Cataracts are often age-related (1). But it can also have other triggers (5). These include, for example, metabolic diseases (7) and malformations…
Hepatitis Vaccination Hepatitis vaccination protects against certain forms (9) of virus-induced liver inflammation (viral hepatitis) (6). It enables the own immune system (10) to react effectively to an infection with the relevant pathogens (8). Hepatitis vaccination is only possible against hepatitis A (5) and B (1). No vaccine is available against hepatitis C (4) or…
Carpal tunnel syndrome: description, causes, operation Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by a bottleneck in the tendon compartment of the wrist. This causes the median arm nerve, which supplies various areas of the hand, to become pinched. The hand falls asleep and the patients suffer from numbness, sensations, pain, later paralysis and dysfunction. Read here…
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