This content is machine translated Ankylosing spondylitis Therapy progress with JAKi and earlier diagnosis The treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is primarily aimed at using anti-inflammatory medication to relieve pain and prevent the development of ankylosis [1]. In this interview, Prof. Dr. Denis Poddubnyy…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Gaucher disease – a sphingolipidosis A young adult patient with abdominal pain was found to have hepatomegaly and splenomegaly associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia. The bone marrow was then punctured and biopsied, followed by determination…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis vulgaris Practice-oriented recommendations for system therapy Fortunately, developments in recent years have led to the effective treatment of many patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. In addition to classical immunosuppressants, several biologics and a small molecule…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated RHEUMATISM AND GENDER Diagnosis in women later and disease more frequent than in men Women eat healthier, visit their doctors more often and take advantage of preventive services more frequently than men. Nevertheless, you receive the diagnosis about a rheumatic disease much later. This…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP) What is currently known about this rare systemic disease? Macroscopically visible sterile, confluent pustules on non-acral skin and extensive erythema and edema are among the characteristic manifestations of generalized pustular psoriasis – a severe inflammatory, potentially life-threatening skin disease.…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Inflammatory rheumatic diseases Fatigue in rheumatism Since the corona pandemic, the number of publications on fatigue symptomatology has increased exponentially, reflecting the current very high interest in this topic. As an accompanying symptom of cancer, but… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated OA and atopic diseases Asthma + AD = Osteoarthritis The possible link between osteoarthritis (OA) and an atopic disease such as atopic dermatitis (AD) or bronchial asthma was investigated by US scientists. Their finding: patients with asthma or AD…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Spondyloarthritides Biologics before or after NSAIDs? Should biologics be used as first-line therapy in the treatment of spondyloarthritides (SpA) or are NSAIDs still the preferred option? A pro-and-con discussion explored this question at this year’s DGIM…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Still's disease The Still syndrome in childhood and adulthood In 1896, a form of chronic infantile rheumatism was first noted in which symptoms of massive general inflammation were present in addition to arthritis. The disease was long referred to… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Update EULAR treatment recommendations Carefully consider the use of JAK inhibitors The goal of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy today is clinical remission. The earlier the disease is detected, the better the chances of achieving this goal. For the road ahead, EULAR…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics of eosinophilic systemic diseases On the trail of the EGPA A blood eosinophilia is defined by a number >500 eosinophils per μl. If a number >1500/μl is measured at least twice within two weeks, one is dealing with hypereosinophilia (HE).…
