This content is machine translated Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis The need for new therapeutic options is great Recently, a large multinational study investigated the impact of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) on the lives of people with the condition. This showed that various areas of the disease…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Atopy The atopic child in practice 10 Key questions: Are there allergy sufferers in the family (eczema, hay fever, asthma)? Often cases of atopy are found in parents or siblings. This genetic predisposition attracts abnormalities of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis Emollients are the basis of any treatment Basic skin care with emollients is an essential part of the treatment of atopic dermatitis. In mild forms, such as those found in a majority of affected children, skin care…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Wound care Pain and anxiety need special attention in children In children, as in adults, wounds heal in different phases. Especially in the younger child, wound healing tends to be faster and with fewer complications. Fibroblasts are available more rapidly…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Comprehensive world atlas of allergies More than 300 physicians and researchers from 40 countries met in Copenhagen from June 7-11, 2014, at the Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In addition…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated EULAR Congress Systemic lupus erythematosus – How to manage? At the EULAR congress in Paris, systemic lupus erythematosus was also addressed. Points of discussion were the study situation on antimalarials, the optimized use of glucocorticoids, concomitant measures such as…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary care for skin cancer patients New drugs for the clinician What’s new in skin cancer therapy? An educational session at UniversitySpital Zurich focused on the options available to patients from improved immunotherapy and targeted treatments with BRAF and MEK inhibitors…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 4th Zurich Dermatology Training Days Regional dermatoses under the microscope At the Dermatological Training Days in Zurich, various regional dermatoses were presented on the basis of case histories: How do dermatoses of the ear, diseases of the mucous membranes and…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Unknown recurrent anaphylaxis Conversation in private led to surprising diagnosis Daniela, who is not yet sixteen and lives in Ticino, suffered from allergic bronchial asthma as a child. Recently, acute attacks of generalized urticaria with Quincke’s edema of the eyelids…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pathological scars - pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment “There are no quick therapy successes in the treatment of scars” Severin Läuchli, MD, senior physician and head of dermatosurgery at the Dermatology Clinic at the USZ, discussed the development and therapy of pathological scars with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS. From a broad…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Aesthetic treatment of the back of the hand When hands still spoke the truth The hands reveal the true age – so they say. In fact, they usually show the most pronounced symptoms of so-called extrinsic skin aging, also called photoaging. Consistent sun protection…
