Diseases

Endophthalmitis is an inflammation of the inside of the eye. It is caused by infections in the eye.

Ergotism is poisoning by ergot alkaloids such as ergotamine or ergometrine, which occur in ergot fungi and are now used as drugs. In the foreground of the symptoms are massive circulatory disorders

In the case of a so-called intestinal perforation or intestinal perforation, doctors usually speak of an extremely serious clinical picture. Under certain circumstances, a ruptured bowel can develop into a life-threatening situation for those affected.

Erythrasma is a skin disease caused by a bacterial infection with pathogens of the type Corynebacterium minutissimum, which is relatively common with a prevalence of 5 to 10 percent. Men in particular are chronic with erythrasma

A few years ago, nerve inflammation or neuritis represented a long path of suffering for the patients because the majority of those affected had no visible physical impairments. Only with the development of modern

The pseudoparalysis characterizes a paralysis that is not based on a disturbance of the nerve conductivity.There are several forms of pseudoparalysis. Your treatment depends on the cause.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral and highly contagious infectious disease that is often epidemic, especially in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The disease mainly affects children and manifests itself mainly in fever and painful

With 400,000 people in Germany, significantly fewer people suffer from the autoimmune disease, also known as type 1 diabetes mellitus, than type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Avian influenza, or avian influenza, is a viral disease that is spread around the world. Birds and poultry are mainly affected by this. However, a few hundred people have also contracted bird flu, especially in Asia.

A pandemic is the spread of a disease over a very large area. The real flu (influenza) occurs as a pandemic about every 25 to 30 years. Vaccinations, clean drinking water and physical hygiene are some of the important tools

West Nile fever is a mostly harmless infectious disease. Medical measures usually only serve to combat symptoms.

Ophthalmia neonatorum is conjunctivitis of the eye in babies. It is also known as neonatal conjunctivitis.

Although the plague no longer occurs in Germany today, it is still known to almost everyone through its history. The plague epidemics of the Middle Ages in particular got stuck in people's minds. In some countries it happens

Enterocolitis is a simultaneous inflammation of the small intestine and large intestine. A distinction is made between different forms.

Inflammation of the gallbladder wall is called gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis). The most common cause is already existing gallstones. In this case, one speaks of acute gallbladder inflammation. Typical signs

The physician understands agoraphobia to be a mental disorder or phobia. The person concerned is afraid of not being able to escape from an everyday situation (for example in the S-Bahn or at the hairdresser's). This fearful situation then ends

Viremia describes the presence of viruses in the bloodstream. Viremia always occurs when a viral infection has occurred. In contrast, there is the viral load, which represents the virus concentration in the blood.

Summer flu is a flu-like infection in summer. However, the symptoms are not as pronounced as with influenza.

Lymphatic filariasis is a tropical infectious disease that can be traced back to an infestation of the human lymphatic system with parasitic worms. Men represent a special risk group, especially for the chronic lymphatic

Sleeping sickness or trypanosomiasis, which occurs predominantly in Africa, is a tropical disease that is usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. Without treatment, sleeping sickness results as a result of destruction of the central