Diseases

Many people suddenly experience severe pain in their ears and dizziness while an aircraft is approaching for landing, at the end of a mountain trip in a gondola or in the middle of a dive. These symptoms could indicate middle ear barotrauma

Type I allergies are a group of different allergic hypersensitivity reactions in the human body. The classification of the type is based on the classification of Coombs and Gell into four different types. To

Teeth grinding, also known as bruxism, describes the clenching or grinding of teeth caused by overactivity of the masticatory muscles. Teeth grinding occurs predominantly at night and is mostly due to stress and mental overload

Hypovolemic shock is a severe circulatory disorder that, if left untreated, leads to death. The cause is usually a loss of blood or fluid, for example due to severe diarrhea or bleeding after an accident.

Hypersexuality - colloquially sex addiction - describes an increased desire for sex or sexual acts. Medicine, psychology and sexology have been dealing more and more with this topic in recent years. The causes are different

A femur fracture or femur fracture is a collective term for different types of fractures in the thigh bone. Treatment depends on where the fracture took place, what damage it caused to the bone and

Temporal arteritis is an inflammatory disease that primarily affects the elderly. Early therapy usually leads to rapid symptom relief.

The arteries and veins are central blood-carrying systems which supply the entire human organism with nutrients and oxygen and remove toxic metabolic end products. Due to a number of external and internal factors, a

The terms red-green weakness, red-green weak eyesight or red-green blindness are the technical terms for the most common color ametropia, which are colloquially known as color blindness. The red-green-blind are contrary to the general one

Molar incisor hypomineralization (also known as MIH) is a developmental disorder of the teeth. However, when it comes to the cause, doctors are puzzled; no actual reasons have yet been found why a

Tarui disease is a glycogen storage disease caused by a mutation in the PFKM gene on chromosome 12. The patients suffer from muscle cramps and are virtually exercise intolerant. Symptomatic treatment is predominant

The doctor describes a hereditary disease as Dentinogenesis imperfecta. Dentinogenesis imperfecta subsequently leads to a malformation of the dentin, which has the consequence that the tooth enamel loosens and the dentin is released

In hyperoxaluria, there is an increased excretion of oxalic acid in the urine. The oxalic acid precipitates with calcium to form the poorly soluble calcium oxalate and leads to the formation of calculus in the kidneys. The disease can be kidney failure and systemic

Cystinosis is a hereditary metabolic disease. This leads to an excessive accumulation of cystine in numerous organs.

A hantavirus infection is notifiable in Germany and can be severe. Successful therapies depend on the type of hantavirus infection.

Interstitial nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys, which can be acute or chronic. In addition to viral and bacterial causes, autoimmune diseases and medicinal noxae can be triggers. The treatment

A urethral stricture or narrowing of the urethra is a narrowing of the urethra (urethra), which can be congenital or acquired and is usually treated surgically. Mostly men are affected by real urethral strictures.

Cervical dystocia is when the birth process is delayed due to insufficient expansion of the cervix. The cervical dystocia is usually triggered by functional disorders. Due to the insufficient opening despite sufficient

Huriez syndrome is a rare dermatological condition that was discovered by French dermatologist Huriez in 1963. The syndrome is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. That is, the characteristic for the manifestation of the disease does not lie

The Coffin-Siris syndrome is a congenital malformation syndrome with the main symptom of short stature. The syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation that usually occurs sporadically. The therapy focuses on treating epilepsy