This content is machine translated Autoimmune inflammation of the temporal artery News in the diagnosis and therapy of giant cell arteritis If giant cell arteritis is suspected, further evaluation and treatment should be undertaken immediately. Typical symptoms such as headache or chewing pain and visual disturbances may be absent. Oligosymptomatic RZA…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated EULAR Congress 2016 How to protect siblings from diseases This year’s congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) in London once again offered exciting news from the field of rheumatology. Recent findings on the pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis - Basics Systemic disease with drastic consequences for psyche and body Psoriasis vulgaris or plaque psoriasis is the most common clinical manifestation of psoriasis. Guttate psoriasis often occurs in adolescents and presents with the appearance of plaques up to the size…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Treatment of musculoskeletal pain Breaking the vicious circle of pain, social withdrawal and immobility Before reaching into the painkiller drawer, differential diagnostic considerations and causal therapy must be considered: First and foremost, the targeted clinical examination and ultrasound are helpful. The goal of adequate…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis - Current treatment options Psoriasis therapy is more effective today, but also more complicated Systemic therapies for psoriasis have changed dramatically in recent years. In the past, light therapy or the conventional systemic therapies such as methotrexate, acitretin, ciclosporin A and the fumaric acid…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dyschondroplasia/Ollier's disease A very rare disease with a difficult prognosis In the course of my many years of foundation work, I have been confronted with many cases of rare diseases. Nevertheless, one case particularly concerns me. It is about a…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Balance training, vitamin D, and structured gait assessment. Fall prevention in the elderly – 10 questions, 10 answers The history of falls in geriatric patients is usually fuzzy and not very purposeful. In the search for possible causes of falls, the structured assessment of the gait pattern is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Spondylodesis, disc prosthesis and co. - Part 1 Spine surgery for low back pain: what is possible? Chronic low back pain may have a defined pathomorphologic correlate; the main difficulty remains the detection of this correlate. The gold standard of evaluation for back pain is history, clinic,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Osteoarthritis and sport Are sports activities still possible with an artificial joint? Osteoarthritis is often described as “general joint disease” or “joint wear and tear.” How compatible is this “joint wear” with sports? How can an overloaded or even already worn ankle…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rapid start of therapy, intensive controls Strong helpers against rheumatoid arthritis At the Update Refresher General Internal Medicine, Michael Andor, MD, Center for Spine Medicine PRODORSO, Zurich, provided information on the current therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The treatment of RA…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated African medicinal plant for musculoskeletal complaints Numerous studies prove the effectiveness of Harpagophytum procumbens About 90% of the world’s growing plants have never been studied for their possible potential as medicinal plants. Corresponding research projects can therefore always lead to success. Twenty years ago,…
