This content is machine translated Rheumatoid arthritis How can remission be achieved? Once joint damage has occurred in the course of rheumatoid arthritis, it can no longer be reversed with medication. Therefore, it is important to use basic therapeutics as early as…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Varices Sclerotherapy, laser, radio frequency or surgery? Varicose veins are a common problem. In Western society, it affects nearly one-third of adults. Unspecific complaints, sometimes falsely attributed to varicose veins, eventually lead these patients to the family…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis and pruritus in the elderly Motivate the patient to carry out the therapy carefully Two exciting dermatological topics that are highly relevant in daily practice are the focus of this issue: the patient-oriented treatment of atopic dermatitis and pruritus in old age.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Fall prevention “Falls cause immense follow-up costs – prevention is therefore urgently needed” In an interview with HAUSARZT PRAXIS, Barbara Zindel, dipl. Physiotherapist FH, Rheumaliga Schweiz, the project “Living mobile and safe at home”. The pilot phase in Lucerne has been a success…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Pruritus in old age Multidisciplinary approach makes sense and is worthwhile Itching massively affects quality of life and sleep and can thus lead to secondary problems such as lack of sleep, fatigue, depression, reduction of general condition and also cardiovascular problems.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Palliative care and pain therapy The need for qualified care will grow Palliative care (PC) has taken off since the late 1960s, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, after Dame Cicley Saunders was able to open the first hospice in London. In Switzerland, too,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diseases of the scalp “To some extent, follicular miniaturization is reversible”. In an interview with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS, Dr. med. Myriam Wyss Fopp, FMH specialist in dermatology, allergology and clinical immunology, Meilen, provides information about various trichological diseases associated with hair loss…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Care of the skin in old age Especially the drought can become a problem The physiological changes of aging skin are fairly well described. The most important seems to be the fact that almost all people over 60 years suffer from dry skin. This…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated The aging skin Man always wants to look young and healthy We are witnessing an unprecedented demographic shift: the transition from high to low birth and death rates has global political, socioeconomic and health economic consequences.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute abdomen What do you need to consider in elderly patients? Acute abdomen is frequently encountered by the primary care physician. At this year’s SGIM Great Update in Interlaken, possibilities in diagnosis and therapy were presented. In elderly patients in particular,…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Aging processes of the skin Chronological or premature aging? Due to its special protective function for the body, the skin is an exception in the aging process: As a mechanical and biological boundary between internal organs and the environment,…