This content is machine translated Lifestyle and psoriasis Influences of stress and nutrition Psoriasis sufferers have an increased risk of affective disorders. Accordingly, they should be asked about depression, anxiety, and problematic coping with illness such as social avoidance behavior and alcohol abuse.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist A summer train journey from Zurich to Catanzaro ends in status asthmaticus The 38-year-old Marina T. from southern Italy has lived in Switzerland for 15 years without allergy problems. In summer, she travels with her husband by train from Zurich to Catanzaro…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American Academy of Dermatology Acne and atopic dermatitis – ways of therapy Two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in San Francisco were devoted to acne therapy. Both tested a fixed combination of adapalene and benzoyl…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2015 Things are happening in the fight against peanut allergy Allergy to peanuts has been a highly topical issue in allergology for years: in the last decade, the prevalence in children in Western countries has doubled; moreover, peanut allergy is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Unclear skin lesion in three and a half year old boy Inflammatory lump on the cheek – infectious? Case report: The father presents with Sebastian, who is three and a half years old, because he has had a red pimple under his left eye for ten months now.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Anaphylaxis after “risotto alla milanese” – What’s behind it? Medical history: A 21-year-old farmer with mild atopic eczema since the age of ten, oral allergy syndrome (OAS) after eating fresh apples, hazelnut, and spinach, and perennial allergic asthma for…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated News about contact allergy What allergens should you know? Contact allergic eczema is common. The main differential diagnosis is irritant contact dermatitis. However, especially on the hands, chronic contact eczema is often a combination of irritant and contact allergic…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Specific immunotherapy When, whom and how to treat? If neither exposure prophylaxis nor symptom-oriented medication can provide sufficient relief of allergic symptoms, specific immunotherapy (SIT) is indicated. A distinction is made between subcutaneous and sublingual SIT. Contraindications must…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Toxic, allergic or irritant? Eczema as an occupational disease In recent years, occupational dermatoses accounted for about 20% of recognized occupational diseases in Switzerland. This makes dermatoses the second most common recognized occupational disease after noise-induced hearing loss and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis Update Systemic therapy is indicated for moderate to severe disease PD Dr. med. Dr. sc. Nat. Alexander Navarini, Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Zurich, held a workshop on psoriasis at Medidays. Moderate to severe psoriasis can be very…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Asthma attacks in the playhouse – Mephisto is behind it Case history: The 57-year-old lighting designer and head of lighting at the Zurich Schauspielhaus suffered from sporadic asthma attacks at work during the last years without any apparent cause. Sneezing…
