This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 2 Allergens can be transferred with the saliva of the partner In the second part of the article on food allergies (the first part appeared in DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS 4/2013), pollen-associated food allergies, oral allergy syndrome, rare food allergy trigger pathways such…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Skin manifestations in children as markers for systemic diseases Sharpening the eye for important skin signs of systemic diseases In addition to infectious diseases, skin problems are one of the most common reasons for consultation in pediatrician and family practice, and dermatologists are also regularly confronted with pediatric patients.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated The slightly different case Debunked: acquired angioedema in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A 54-year-old housewife suffered an acute episode of angioedema of the tongue and posterior pharyngeal wall and required emergency treatment in the intensive care unit (Fig. 1). Since the swelling…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Exanthema Allergic or reactive? At first glance, all exanthemas look the same. But there are many possibilities: Is it incipient drug exanthema, reactive exanthema, viral exanthema, disseminated contact allergy? A combined clinical, laboratory, and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Urticaria Wide variety of causes makes diagnosis and therapy difficult Urticaria is a diagnostic chameleon and a major therapeutic challenge. While the acute form usually disappears after a few days, chronic urticaria can persist for years. Therapy in both cases…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 1 The hundred-year history of food allergies DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS already contained several articles on the epidemiology, clinic, modern diagnostics and therapy of food allergies as well as food intolerances [1–7]. This article briefly reviews the history of…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Many people have many opinions Many people have many opinions Dear colleagues. Allergies, intolerances, and rashes affect practically half of people at some point. Hardly any other field of medicine is so heavily discussed, dealt with in forums and the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Tuberculosis, HIV and tropical diseases Infectious diseases that also affect Switzerland(er) Worldwide, around 53 million people die of tuberculosis, HIV and malaria within a year. The inhabitants of tropical and poor countries are particularly affected. But even the rich Switzerland is…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Sexually transmitted infections Screening and sexual history gain importance Switzerland occupies an inglorious top position in Europe with regard to the incidence of syphilis. The following article shows which venereal diseases can be treated well and what the importance…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Update in urticaria Finally, more news on urticaria management Things are happening again in the field of urticaria management. Classification as well as treatment recommendations have been updated and new insights have been gained in causal research, which may…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Insect venom allergy The risk increases with the frequency of stings Now they fly again, the bees and the wasps. While bees are bred and sheltered, wasps generally have a bad reputation. However, most insects from the order Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) only…
