Diseases

A transient ischemic attack (TIA for short) occurs as a result of a circulatory disorder in the brain. The attack leads to reversible neurological deficits.

Receding hairlines are mostly hereditary or age-related and then predominantly occur in men. There are various intervention measures.

Trisomy 8 is a genome mutation that results in a chromosome aberration. The symptoms depend on the type of mutation. Many patients with trisomy eight show a mild course with relatively normal intelligence.

An ejaculation disorder can manifest itself in different forms. Common to the various forms of ejaculation disorder is that they often develop psychologically.

Alopecia androgenetica is a hormonally hereditary hair loss caused by an innate hypersensitivity of the hair follicles to the male sex hormone testosterone. About 80 percent of men and almost 50 percent of

Polyneuritis is an inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system or cranial nerves. Several or all nerves can be affected to varying degrees. Parasitic sensations and functional disruption of damaged areas of the body

Herpangina is an infectious disease that occurs mainly in babies and children under 7 years of age. Healing with few complications usually takes place independently.

Pseudogout is similar to gout mainly in terms of the symptoms that occur. If chondrocalcinosis, which often remains symptom-free, leads to symptoms, these can usually be controlled with medication.

The pes calcaneus is a relatively common misalignment in which the foot is bent upwards so strongly that the toes can touch the shin with light pressure and the heel is the lowest point. There are two forms

Often in babies and children, after taking a drug, a drug rash appears on the body. That is not necessarily something to be alarming about. It could be a drug eruption in both baby and child. Nevertheless

If a child or baby recovers a fever with swelling of the extremities after a flu-like infection that has already subsided or a childhood illness, Henoch-Schönlein purpura should be considered. This disease also goes with

Raynaud's syndrome is an attack-like reduced blood flow to the acra (extreme extremities) as a result of vasoconstriction (vascular spasms), which affects women four to five times more often than men. Depending on the

An allergy is a particular sensitivity of the organism to various substances such as chemicals, human or animal protein, pharmaceuticals, plants, grass pollen and food. The organism forms against

In order to understand what a nosocomial infection means, the layperson must first look at the meaning of the word from ancient Greek. "Nosos" means "illness" and "komein" means "care" and the word "nosokomeion" stands for the ancient Greek

A thymoma is a rare tumor of the mediastinum that originates from the thymus and is in most cases benign. Men and women are equally often affected by a thymoma. The tumor is usually easy to treat, with a thymoma mostly

Myotonia congenita Thomsen is a so-called hereditary disease; this is an over-excitability of the skeletal muscles. Myotonia congenita Thomsen is one of the hereditary diseases. The prognosis and the course of the disease are quite positive

People with Tay-Sachs syndrome have a rare genetic disorder. They slowly regress as the disease leads to a comatose state accompanied by loss of skill, seizures, and paralysis. in the

Niemann-Pick's disease is also known as Niemann-Pick's disease. The hereditary disease is one of the lysosomal storage diseases.

Relapsing fever is transmitted by lice or ticks that are infected with borreliosis bacteria. The disease can usually be treated well with antibiotics, but in the event of suspicion and diagnosis, there is an obligation to report to the responsible authorities

Kussmaul breathing describes a type of breathing that can indicate a disease. This disease is acidosis, the overacidification of the body due to a disruption of the acid-base balance.