Diseases

The extremely rare Gorham-Stout Syndrome is a disease of the skeletal system. The bone dissolves and is replaced by blood and lymph tissue in the affected area.

Dysmelia can take several forms. As a rule, individually appropriate therapeutic measures depend on the form of the malformation.

Tarui disease is a glycogen storage disease caused by a mutation in the PFKM gene on chromosome 12. The patients suffer from muscle cramps and are virtually exercise intolerant. Symptomatic treatment is predominant

Paraphimosis is a painful form of foreskin constriction. It is considered a medical emergency.

A group of diseases is known as a disorder of sensory processing, which is associated with difficulties in the sensory integration of various stimuli. Those affected react inappropriately to their environment due to the disturbed stimulus processing

Hepatoblastoma is a rare malignant (malignant) embryonic tumor on the liver that mainly affects infants and young children. If the tumor is diagnosed early enough before it metastasizes, surgical removal offers

A penile fracture, i.e. a rupture of the erectile tissue or the surrounding tissue layer, is a rare but serious injury to the male reproductive organ. A penile rupture always requires medical attention, in most cases it is surgery

The eye flu, which medically correctly is called keratoconjunctivitis epidemica, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of ​​the eye caused by adenoviruses. It lasts around four weeks and is the most common viral disease in the eye, easily transmitted

Binge eating is a psychological eating disorder in which the person affected eats large amounts of food during recurring binge eating (the English word binge means "feast"). During bulimia and anorexia

The vertebral body fracture, also known as a vertebral body fracture, involves damage to the plate-shaped part of the vertebra. This part of the vertebra located inside the body can be injured as a result of illness or trauma, such as an accident

Rheumatic endocarditis (post-infectious endocarditis) is inflammation of the lining of the heart caused by an autoimmune reaction of the body to certain streptococci. Most often children and adolescents are rheumatic

In medicine, Leber's optic atrophy is a disease that affects the optic nerves of the eyes.It leads to the degeneration of the fibers and thus to massive impairment of vision up to blindness.

Sanfilippo syndrome is a congenital metabolic disease that occurs very rarely. It is one of the mucopolysaccharidoses.

Hers disease is assigned to the group of glycogen storage diseases and is a disease that is characterized in most cases by a deficiency in a specific enzyme. This enzyme is called alpha-glucan

Still syndrome is a form of rheumatism that occurs in children. The disease affects the entire body, causing a fever, rash, and swelling of the lymph nodes, liver, and / or spleen. Three quarters of those affected are adults

The physician calls Hyper-IgD Syndrome - also known as HIDS - a hereditary disease that is mainly characterized by recurring attacks of fever. For this reason, the hyper-IgD syndrome is also one of the so-called periodic fever syndromes

Werlhof's disease, also known as Werlhof's disease and immune thrombocytopenia, is an autoimmune disease. It is characterized by the formation of antibodies against the body's own blood platelets (thrombocytes) in those affected. The disease requires one

Granuloma annulare is a granulomatous skin disease that is associated with ring-shaped papule formation and which particularly affects children, adolescents and women. The skin disease is harmless and forms in many cases

Chronic infantile neurocutaneous articular syndrome (CINCA syndrome) is an autoinflammatory disease that causes a false inflammatory response in the body. The syndrome manifests itself as early as infancy

Muckle-Wells syndrome is an inherited metabolic disease that belongs to the group of amyloidoses and causes an inflammatory reaction in the body. Characteristic symptoms are fever, hives and later hearing problems. Treatment is medication