Diseases

Hypoproteinemia is a form of hypoproteinemia. This leads to a too low albumin content in the blood. Albumin is a plasma protein that is responsible as a means of transport for many small molecules. A lack of this

Hypogammaglobulinemia is a disease that belongs to the group of so-called primary immune defects. A characteristic of this specific immune defect is that it is determined by a lack of antibodies. Basically

Kwashiorkor is a pathological protein-energy malnutrition. It shows up primarily in children in developing countries.

With diffuse hair loss, which is medically called alopecia diffusa or diffuse alopecia, hair falls out all over the head. Diffuse hair loss is not itself a disease, but a sign or the result of an existing disease

The WHIM syndrome stands for warts – hypogammaglobulinaemia – immunodeficiency – myelocathexis – syndrome and is an inherited and very rare immune deficiency disease. The disease is based on the so-called cytokine receptor defect, which affects the immune system

Histiocytosis X is a histiocytosis. The so-called Langerhans cells, which belong to the dendritic cells, are affected. As a rule, the disease is benign, although there are also some severe forms

ADULT syndrome is a genetically caused disease that occurs on average only with a very low frequency. In principle, ADULT syndrome is passed on in an autosomal dominant manner. The name of the disease

Amatoxin syndrome is a life-threatening fungal poisoning that occurs in the majority of cases after ingestion of death cap species. The toxins contained in these mushrooms can lead to liver and kidney failure and roughly

The term selective immunoglobulin A deficiency is understood to mean an innate immunodeficiency. The lack of immunoglobulin A, a specific class of antibodies, is characteristic of selective immunoglobulin A deficiency. Affected can a

Erdheim-Chester disease is a so-called non-Langerhans type of histiocytosis. This is a multi-system disease, for example with skeletal problems or pain in the bones or diabetes insipidus

Juvenile xanthogranuloma predominantly affects children under one year of age and often resolves or fades on its own. It is a yellow-orange spot or a benign hemispherical tumor. As long as it is not on the eye

The Rosai-Dorfman syndrome, also referred to as sinus histiocytosis, is a form of proliferation of activated tissue macrophages (histiocytes) in the sinus of lymph nodes in the neck area, which occurs very rarely in Europe. The activated histiocytes

Paraproteinemia is a condition in which there are so-called paraproteins in the blood. In particular, a special monoclonal immunoglobulin and corresponding immunoglobulin light chains are increasingly present in the blood.

The doctor knows a type of hyperostotic short stature as Lenz-Majewski syndrome, which is associated with a cutix laxa and osteosclerosis. The syndrome is based on a mutation in the PTDSS1 gene at gene locus 8q22.1. A causal one

Baló's disease is a neurological disorder also known as concentric sclerosis and is the acute variant of multiple sclerosis. Damage in the white matter that forms a clearly visible ring pattern due to the demolition

Forestier's disease is a disease of the skeleton that is associated with increasing stiffness of the spine. The treatment options nowadays allow a positive course of the disease; severe forms are external

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is also known as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). It is a very rare disease of the peripheral nerves.

Many people suffer from the phenomenon of floaters, which stands for “flying flies” in French. Those affected see black dots that seem to dance in front of their eyes. Mouches floaters are harmless, but disturb the visual sensation

The atrioventricular septal defect is a congenital heart defect. It is a combination of atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.

In the case of thyroid hormone resistance, enough thyroid hormones are produced, but they cannot have a sufficient effect on the pituitary gland or the peripheral organs. The cause is a genetic defect in thyroid hormone receptors. The clinical picture