This content is machine translated Nail fungus infection What should be considered for onychomycosis in practice? Onychomycosis diagnosis by histology and/or culture is mandatory before any systemic therapy. Topical therapy is sufficient if nail infestation is less than 50% without matrix infestation. Dermatophytes are among the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Mechanical effects on the foot Crooked nails and calluses The feet and therefore their skin and toenails are stressed every day. There is an interaction between the foot and the shoe. Wearing closed-toe shoes alone can contribute to the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Laser therapy considerations Is Laser Medicine a Wooly Pig that Lays the Egg? Laser medicine is a serious addition to our field and has given us countless treatment options that we didn’t have before. It requires serious basic training and regular continuing education.…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Alternative medicine and atopic eczema Scientific data on the individual methods Complementary medicine methods are used by many sufferers of atopic eczema, although scientific data often do not exist. This is especially true for homeopathy, treatment with Schuessler salts and bioresonance…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Light skin cancer What is the risk of a second tumor? Patients with basal cell carcinoma or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma often develop non-melanocytic skin cancer again in the follow-up period. The aim of a US study was to determine the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Sunscreen The spectrum of UV-triggered skin changes is broad The topic of sun protection is a “perennial issue” that is once again highly relevant, especially now in spring, when the days are getting longer and the hours of sunlight…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Neurological aspects of HIV and syphilis. How do infectious diseases manifest themselves on the nervous system? More than half of all HIV patients suffer from sensory neuropathy, which is one of the most common HIV-associated diseases. There is no causal therapy for HIV-associated neuropathies; therefore, symptomatic…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Infantile hemangiomas Development, course, complications and diagnostics Infantile hemangioma has a characteristic course with a growth, arrest, and regression phase. Regression potential exists until the onset of puberty. 70% of hemangiomas completely regress without therapy by the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Light and climate therapy of atopic dermatitis Benefits of treatment in the high mountains For the light therapy of the atopical eczema relatively secured data can be fallen back. Moreover, numerous studies prove the favorable effect mechanisms of a stationary high mountain climatic skin…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Advanced training course in aesthetic dermatology Who is eligible for peeling and how to avoid complications? Peeling indications are incipient photoaging resp. superficial melasma (superficial peel); more prominent wrinkles, lentigines solares, actinic keratoses, deeper melasma, incipient elastosis cutis, superficial scars (medium-depth peel); extensive areas of actinic…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Twelve-year-old girl with skin abnormality on thigh Skin colored subcutaneous papules – what is it? Case report: A twelve-year-old girl presented with a skin-colored change on the medial right thigh that had been present since early childhood. This was basically asymptomatic, but seemed to have…
