This content is machine translated Herpes zoster in the family practice The “uninvited visitor” returns One in three people contract “shingles” once in their lifetime. The disease is very painful and can cause high suffering. The complications are also feared above all.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Vaccination Center Winterthur Important contribution to pandemic control Exactly one year after the first COVID vaccination, the founders and sponsors of the Winterthur Vaccination Center, the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital (KSW) and Medbase, as well as the management of…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Hepatitis C infection Therapy for all The newer therapeutics for chronic hepatitis C are now available to all infected patients regardless of fibrosis stage. DAA combinations make the disease curable in over 95% of cases.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Immunology and sports medicine Why competitive athletes are particularly at risk of infection Infectious diseases are a common cause of training and competition cancellations. What could be the reason for this? Do competitive athletes even have a reduced defense? Recognize languageAfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBengaliBosnianBulgarianBurmeseCebuanoChichewaChinese (ver)Chinese (trad)DänischDeutschEnglischEsperantoEstnischFinnischFranzösischGalizischGeorgischGriechischGujaratiHaitianischHausaHebräischHindiHmongIgboIndonesischIrischIsländischItalienischJapanischJavanesischJiddischKannadaKasachischKatalanischKhmerKoreanischKroatischLaoLateinishLettischLitauischMalabarischMalagasyMalaysischMaltesischMaoriMarathischMazedonischMongolischNepalesischNiederländischNorwegischPersischPolnischPortugiesischPunjabiRumänischRussischSchwedischSerbischSesothoSinghalesischSlowakischSlowenischSomaliSpanischSuaheliSundanesischTadschikischTagalogTamilTeluguThailändischTschechischTürkischUkrainischUngarischUrduUzbekischVietnamesischWalisischWeißrussischYorubaZulu…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Treatment of flu-like infections Inhale with essential oils Inhalations with essential oils or essences represent an old form of therapy, which in Western countries are used mainly for the treatment of flu-like infections. Interestingly, there are almost no…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Microbiology in dermatology Modern diagnostics in times of increasing sexually transmitted diseases Rapid microbiological clarification with sensitive and specific diagnostics is particularly important for gonococci because of the increase in antibiotic resistance. This review article provides knowledge on epidemiological and diagnostic aspects…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated STDs Genital warts Genital warts (condylomata acuminata) are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and are the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Approximately 90% are caused by the low-risk HPV types 6…
View Post 13 min HIV infection and skin Cutaneous disorders in immunosuppressed HIV infected patients and their epidemy profile Immune disturbance appears on skin as a consequence of immunosuppression. The article describes a panel of cutaneous disorders occurring in immunosuppressed HIF infected pateients and follow the trends of the…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Endocarditis prophylaxis for cardiac vitiation Management during non-cardiac surgery Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium and particularly the valve leaflets with an annual incidence of 3-10/100,000 persons. With high mortality and morbidity, prevention strategies such as adherence…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Organ dysfunction Childhood sepsis – early detection is everything Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to infection. Early detection is of key prognostic importance in childhood. It is crucial to recognize nonspecific…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Syphilis On the rise in Switzerland for the past 15 years The number of syphilis cases is steadily increasing. Although syphilis is readily curable, it is a serious, markedly multiform infection that can potentially affect all organ systems. However, early diagnosis…
