Diseases

Sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that can affect any part of the body. It is therefore a major medical challenge to identify and treat the disease. It is not uncommon for patients to have a long one

Sunburn, or solar dermatitis, is inflammation of the skin. Typical signs are reddened skin, itching and blisters. Sunburn has a lasting effect on the skin, causes it to age faster and forms more wrinkles. Likewise can

Some people suffer from vague physical complaints and have to keep hearing from doctors that they "have nothing", although they suffer from various complaints. Most often it is a persistent somatoform pain disorder (ASA

Dysthymia is a so-called mood disorder and is also known as dysthymic disorder or chronic depression. It has a lot in common with "ordinary" depression, but the symptoms are usually milder.

At work, people with schizoid personality disorder are often brilliant at logical and abstract thinking. Problems are more likely to arise when they are more closely related to other people.

Burnout Syndrome is a mental illness that is relatively new to the medical consciousness. Burnout, as the English already states, is considered to be burned out or a chronic state of exhaustion.

Multi-system atrophy is a neurological disease that belongs to the area of ​​atypical Parkinson's syndromes. The atypical Parkinson's syndromes often have similar symptoms to the relatively well-known Parkinson's disease, but they are often

Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the body's defenses are directed against the body's own tissue and cause inflammation. It is one of the inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The lacrimal and salivary glands are primarily affected

Syringomyelia is a disease of the spinal cord. Here, cavities (syringen) appear along the spinal canal, which are filled with fluid. The formation of cavities displaces and squeezes nerves, which in addition to sensory disturbances

The WAGR syndrome describes the lack of a set of genes on the 11th chromosome. This disorder can lead to a number of diseases including tumors in the kidneys, cancer, eye diseases, genitourinary problems, intellectual retardation, and more diseases

A Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) is the most common tumor disease of children's kidneys, which affects girls slightly more often than boys. With an early diagnosis and start of therapy, a Wilms tumor can usually be cured in the long term

Intestinal colic is understood to be cramps in the intestinal area that are caused by contractions of the intestinal muscles and usually last for 20 to 30 minutes. Intestinal colic is triggered by various causes, the most common being irritation and blockages in the intestine

Breast disorders are congenital malformations of the breast. The affected patients are mainly women, who mostly suffer significantly from their breast disorders. With particularly pronounced F

Bechterew's disease, also known as ankylosing spondylitis or Bechterew's disease, is a rheumatic disease with a chronic course. Bechterew's disease mostly affects the joints, especially the spinal joints.

Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the joints that is usually accompanied by psoriasis. Around 5 to 15 percent of psoriasis sufferers develop this form of arthritis, its underlying cause

Osteoarthritis or joint degeneration is a disease of the joints. In doing so, irreversible joint damage occurs primarily through persistent incorrect loading. Osteoarthritis can also occur due to cartilage defects and injuries.

Eye diseases can affect all components of the visual organ and have various causes such as environmental stimuli, age or illnesses. Symptoms can include itchy, red, and puffy eyes. The responsible specialist, the ophthalmologist

Holoprosencephaly is a malformation of the human brain that occurs with relatively high frequency. Most of the embryos affected die in the womb. Therefore only a few patients come with holoprosencephaly

Electrolytes such as sodium and magnesium fulfill important functions in the body's own cells. An electrolyte disorder is when the amount of electrolytes found in a blood analysis is increased or decreased. The consequences can be dependent

Anorexia nervosa is a pathological eating disorder caused by mental disorders. Radical weight loss due to poor diet is typical of anorexia. In addition, those affected (mostly young