Diseases

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

Esophageal atresia is a congenital impairment of the esophagus that usually requires surgical treatment. The therapeutic results are often good.

The hypoglycaemia factitia is a low blood sugar with the characteristic symptoms, which is brought about by the patient with full intention. Most of the people affected are people with Munchausen syndrome. In addition to the symptomatic

Periodic paralysis is a genetic group of diseases that is one of the so-called channel diseases and affects the membrane-based ion channels. The therapy consists mainly of dietary measures. The course of the disease becomes predominant

In the following it is described what exactly is a respiratory depression or hypoventilation, what causes it and what symptoms can possibly be inferred from it. Furthermore, information

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a very rare disease with gas deposits in the digestive organs. Various causes are discussed. Often this condition is diagnosed as an incidental finding.

A rectocele is a bulging out of the front wall of the rectum into the vagina. It is often associated with a lowering of the pelvic floor.

Necrotizing enterocolitis is a disease of the intestine that occurs primarily in premature babies. The exact causes have not yet been clearly clarified. Even if the treatment of the disease achieves greater and greater success, it does not come

Pneumatoris coli is a special form of pneumatosis intestinalis, which is characterized by gas deposits in the wall of the colon. The phenomenon is often accompanied by the formation of cysts. Treatment depends on the primary cause and can

An osteoma is a benign bone tumor. It often shows up in the cranial region and in the paranasal sinuses.

Chondroblastomas are benign bone tumors. The benign neoplasm most commonly affects children and adolescents. The treatment is carried out by means of curettage.

Ahlbäck's disease is a circulatory disorder in the knee joint. Ahlbäck's disease usually occurs in women over the age of 60. Therapy includes physiotherapy at an early stage and a partial or full denture in later stages.

The Churg-Strauss syndrome is an inflammatory disease of the small blood vessels and belongs to the group of rheumatic diseases. Today it is also referred to in medicine as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). The original

A paraneoplastic syndrome is a disease that accompanies cancer. However, it is not the result of the tumor, but develops parallel to it. Sometimes the typical symptoms of paraneoplastic syndrome point to one

Muscular imbalance is an imbalance between the agonistic and antagonistic muscles involved in a particular movement. This type of imbalance is often caused by lack of exercise, after trauma or as a result of

A REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder in which complex movement sequences take place in the dream phase. The sick person reacts to certain dream contents by acting aggressively. RBD is often the precursor to disease

The skin as a very complex and, under certain conditions, extremely sensitive organ can become ill even in children, resulting in what is known as prurigo simplex acuta. Acute prurigo simplex predominantly occurs in children

The so-called echo practice is characterized by the fact that those affected compulsively imitate and repeat the movements of others. The appearance belongs to the echomatisms that are symptomatic in adults in the context of mental illness

Pyemia is a particularly severe form of blood poisoning (sepsis) in which the germs transported by the blood flow also attack other organs secondarily. The prognosis is generally even worse than for

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