Diseases

Refeeding Syndrome (RFS) is a life-threatening condition that can occur when re-feeding after a long period of starvation. It is characterized by a disorder of mineral metabolism with the appearance of edema and heart failure. To prevent

Anorexia athletica can best be translated as sports anorexia. Athletes starve to perform better, but this puts their health at risk.

Bulimia (Bulimia nervosa) is an addiction to eating and vomiting and is therefore one of the eating disorders. In contrast to anorexia, you can hardly tell from bulimic patients that they are suffering from an eating disorder, as they usually have a normal weight. Typical

Food plays a vital role in daily life. It is therefore not surprising if more and more people suffer from eating disorders or nutritional disorders in this context. In this day and age, media and business in particular have one

Food poisoning (food poisoning) is poisoning caused by food that appears inedible or toxic to human digestion due to infections, bacteria, germs and pathogens, as well as heavy metals.

Cortical blindness is the older term from neurology that describes an acquired blindness that is not due to a diseased eye, but to damage to the primary visual cortex in the brain. Frequently used synonyms are blind vision

Neglect is a neurological attention disorder in which the person concerned neglects one half of the room or one half of the body and / or object halves. It is an egocentric or allocentric disorder.

Asomatognosia impairs body awareness. The patients feel that a section of their own body no longer belongs because of lesions in the parietal lobe. Because of the lack of understanding of the disease, treatment is considered difficult

Adjustment disorder is a mental illness in which the person affected after a decisive change in life, for example a change of job, moving, a pension, etc. or after stressful life events such as

Endocarditis or inflammation of the inner lining of the heart is a rare inflammatory disease of the inner lining of the heart (endocards), which is often associated with inflammation-related changes in the valve cusps and can damage the heart valves. That's why

The term vasculitis is used to describe some autoimmune diseases whose common characteristic is inflamed blood vessels. The symptoms and course of vasculitis can vary greatly depending on the severity of the disease.

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is an acute occlusion of the artery that supplies the optic nerve. This eye disease is also known as an eye attack.

Diabetic neuropathy is a disease of the nerves that can develop as a result of long-term diabetes (diabetes mellitus). The symptoms typically begin in the area of ​​the feet and can develop with one

Anterograde amnesia is characterized by the fact that the ability to store or remember new events from the time of the illness or the brain injury is completely suspended or at least greatly reduced. A

Adams-Oliver syndrome is a very rare condition. It is hereditary. The syndrome is characterized by congenital defects in the head and limbs and disorders of the nervous system.

Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's disease are names for a pronounced and typical disease of old age. The older people get, the higher the chance of developing this disease. Typical signs of Alzheimer's are memory

Ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma) is a mostly malignant growth on the ovaries. Ovarian cancer mostly affects older women beyond menopause.

Antibiotic-associated colitis is severe colitis caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile that occurs following antibiotic treatment. The cause of this is damage to the intestinal flora. Under certain circumstances can be brilliant

Anticholinergic syndrome is a type of intoxication with neurological symptoms. The most common causes are drug overdoses or opiate use. Treatment includes gastric lavage, diuresis or activated charcoal therapy

Antibody deficiency syndrome (AMS) is a collective term for congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies that are particularly characterized by a deficiency in immunoglobulin G. As a result of this immune defect there is an increased risk of infection