This content is machine translated Swiss Vaccination Plan 2021 Vaccination in chronic diseases – an update Vaccinations for other vaccine-preventable infections should not be neglected during the corona pandemic. Various congenital, disease-acquired, and iatrogenically induced conditions are associated with immune system suppression and therefore require consideration…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hygiene issues in clinic and practice Standard measures with high quality – you just have to comply with them Hygiene in practice – what one does not waste much thought on in “normal” times, becomes a topic of increasing importance in times of the pandemic. For physicians, consistent compliance…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Swiss Vaccination Plan 2021 Basic vaccinations for young children – essential even in corona times Recently, the Swiss Vaccination Plan 2021 was published. It is extremely important to continue to receive all recommended vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic. If basic immunizations are neglected, there is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic cough A very wide range of causes The cough is a symptom that can represent the entire spectrum from harmless to death-associated. It can be seen in workers, for example in mining, as a sign of interstitial…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cough Common reason for a visit to the doctor Cough can be both a symptom of an underlying disease and a disease in its own right. In most cases, banal respiratory infections trigger the complaints, which can be treated symptomatically.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge Who was actually… Moriz Kaposi? When Moriz Kaposi first described Kaposi’s sarcoma in 1872, he probably had no idea that this entity would become much more famous in the context of HIV/AIDS. He was much…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Early summer meningoencephalitis (TBE) Do not miss tick vaccination The season when ticks are particularly active begins in March and ends in November, depending on weather conditions. In the context of the corona pandemic and the associated standoff rules,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dermatoses in pandemic times: Therapy of the overreacting immune system Weighing the use of biologics – therapy can usually be carried out without hesitation Severe skin diseases are nowadays successfully treated with system-modulating or system-suppressive drugs. With the onset of the corona pandemic, dermatologists asked themselves how to proceed with the therapy of systemically…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Vitamin supplementation COVID-19 and vitamin D: sticking to the facts Recent scientific publications have brought back into focus the debate on a possible protective role of vitamin D supplementation for severe COVID-19 progression. When interpreting the study findings, however, it…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Vaccination recommendations Pneumococcal vaccination – useful for which risk groups? During the corona pandemic, there has been a shortage of pneumococcal vaccine supply in Switzerland. Therefore, a replacement vaccination recommendation has been issued. Infant vaccination coverage has led to a…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Electronic vaccination card High flight and low fall as a pandemic sequence The electronic vaccination card has been available in Switzerland for ten years, but it has not yet really caught on. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an unexpected late growth spurt.…
