Diseases

Not every woman who comes to the gynecologist's pregnancy counseling or childbirth asks this question out loud. But unspoken it is on the tip of every mother-to-be, as is the question of whether it will be a boy or a girl

Tinea corporis is a fungal infection of the skin on the body including the extremities without the hands and feet. The infection is caused by thread fungi and symptomatically accompanied by reddening of the skin or pustules with severe itching

Beard lichen, also known as tinea barbae or beard mycosis, is a male skin disease caused by fungi. It is shown by large reddish spots that can turn into pustules as the disease progresses, and especially on the facial hair

Doctors understand a raised diaphragm to mean a change in the position of the diaphragm. It curves upwards towards the thorax. The causes for a high level of the diaphragm can vary and are not always necessary

The neurologist understands Akinetic Mutism to be a severe drive disorder characterized by persistent silence and immobility. This phenomenon usually occurs as a result of damage to the frontal lobe or the cingulate gyrus

Hammer toe and claw toe are misalignments of the toe joints, visible through the curvature of one or more toes. The hammer toe (claw toe) can initially be corrected by conservative methods, but in an advanced stage

A walking error that is popularly known as hobbling is limping or lameness, which represents a massive limitation of mobility for those affected.

Myopathies are muscle disorders. In most cases, the striated skeletal muscles are affected. Muscular dystrophies or myotonic syndromes, for example, belong to the group of myopathies.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart muscle disease. Medicine distinguishes between an obstructive and a non-obstructive form. Patients of the non-obstructive form are often long or even lifelong asymptomatic.

The graft-versus-host reaction is an immunological complication that can lead to rejection of the graft in allogeneic transplants. The reaction can now be controlled by the prophylactic administration of immunosuppressants

Neurosyphilis is a syndrome that can develop as a long-term consequence of a syphilis infection. It manifests itself in psychiatric and neurological failures. Neurosyphilis is also known as neurolues or quaternary syphilis (syphilis

In most cases, a groin strain is caused by sudden overload while exercising. It can have three different degrees of severity and affects the adductors. You can avoid a groin strain by warming up and stretching the

Insertion tendopathies are painful conditions caused by irritation of the tendon insertions in the transition from the tendon to the bone. In particular, athletes are affected by insertion tendinopathies.

In specialist circles, pubic bone inflammation is also known as the osteitis pubis. The term “inflammation” is misleading insofar as the symptoms are not caused by infections. As a rule, they are much more the result of repeated trauma

A bowel obstruction or ileus is a life-threatening acute bowel disease. This closes the colon or small intestine so that no digested food can be transported further. Usually functional or mechanical

Period pain or dysmenorrhea are among the most common concerns that gynecologists face. Many women and girls are affected and accept their suffering. To understand why there is period pain

Presbyopia, presbyopia or presbyopia is the reason that most people aged 45 and over have to buy reading glasses. Presbyopia is understood to be a normal ametropia, which is caused by aging

Krabbe's disease is an inherited storage disease that causes demyelination of the nervous system. The cause of this phenomenon is a chromosomal mutation. So far the disease is incurable.

Paramyotonia congenita belongs to the group of myotonia, which are characterized by long-lasting states of tension in the muscles. It is a genetic disease in which the function of the sodium channels is disturbed. The symptoms appear

Mitochondrial diseases are diseases of the mitochondria. These are located in almost every cell in the body and supply the body with energy. The characteristics and symptoms of mitochondrial disease can be very different.