Gout or hyperuricemia is a known metabolic disorder. This leads to an increase and concentration of uric acid in the blood, which in its effect mainly leads to severe joint inflammation and joint pain. One distinguishes

The human eye is a complex, highly functional mechanism, the functionality of which depends on the nature and interaction of its individual parts. As is well known, the eye, that is, the eyeball, is in one

In the case of the reader-Trélat syndrome, patients of old age develop a malignant cancer of the internal organs, which is accompanied by numerous old warts. Often the phenomenon is also accompanied by itching and acanthosis nigricans

With an enema, fluid is drawn into the intestine through the anus. Mostly it is water. This can also be mixed with various additives such as table salt or glycerine. The indications for an enema can be more diagnostic

The sweat glands are located in the skin and ensure that sweat formed there is excreted through the same. Their job is to regulate the body's heat balance. So-called scent glands can be found in some areas of the body

Coxiella burnetii is a rod-shaped bacterium that can cause Q fever in humans. The protozoa lives as a parasite within cells and is often transmitted from animals to humans. It is also used as a biological weapon.

The term articulation disorder describes various problems in the individual sound formation of a person that deviate from the standard. This means that certain sounds are either not formed at all or are formed incorrectly. The causes of an articulation st

Occupational medicine, as a branch of medical science, deals with the interactions between health and work. It is still a relatively young branch of medicine because the effects of occupational stress were earlier

Belching or belching (Röbsen, Röpsen, Burpsen, Rölbsen, Latin Ructus, English eructation) refers to the drawing up of air from the digestive tract or the respiratory organs. Mainly the height of the head and the stomach are used as

Foville syndrome is a midbrain syndrome that manifests itself in the form of eye paralysis, fascial paralysis, and mutual paralysis of the hemisphere. The cause are usually circulatory disorders or tumors in the brain area of ​​the bridge foot. The treatment

A bronchiolus is a small branch of the bronchi. It belongs to the lower respiratory tract. Solitary inflammation of the bronchioli is known as bronchiolitis.

The physician understands excretion to be the release of certain metabolic products into the environment. Without excretion, the equilibrium in the metabolism would be disturbed and poisoning by metabolic products such as ammonia could occur. A