This content is machine translated Acne Prescribing Information for Isotretinoin Oral isotretinoin has revolutionized the treatment of severe acne. It is the only drug that can achieve a sustained effect, even at low doses. There are a variety of side…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Planning of the DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS 2014 The editors’ meeting at Clouds in Zurich Last fall, the editorial board of DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS met for a rendezvous at the renowned Clouds in the Prime Tower in Zurich to jointly determine the topics for the next…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Building trust and fostering resilience It usually takes a long time before an adequate diagnosis of a rare disease is made. After all, it is not only primary care physicians who lack specific knowledge about…
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 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 3 min This content is machine translated Practical Experience Report on Similasan® Sleep Disorder Tablets Effective and well-tolerated treatment of sleep disorders The treatment of sleep disorders is a common and sometimes intractable problem in medical practice. The treatment starts with finding and avoiding disturbing factors. If this does not lead to…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Dynamic compression system for keel chest A novel conservative treatment method for children and adolescents The keel breast (chicken breast, lat. Pectus carinatum [PC]) is the second most common congenital deformity of the anterior thoracic wall in children and adolescents after funnel chest. It is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Allergology What has happened in diagnostics and therapy? Allergies are an everyday topic in family practice. Until the beginning of this millennium, it was assumed that about one third of the western population suffers from an allergy, be…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Allergic diseases Symptomatic therapy is fast and well effective The treatment of allergic diseases, regardless of the triggering source resp. of the agent, is based on three principles: avoidance, symptomatic treatment, and allergen-specific treatments such as specific immunotherapy. Most…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics of inhalation and food allergies Medical history crucial for further clarification Allergic diseases are among the most common diseases worldwide, even if the relevance is assessed differently and many complaints are subsumed under the term “allergy”. Fundamental to the diagnosis of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Successful therapy of pAVD with EGb 761®. Clinical studies document the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba extract Peripheral arterial disease (PAVD) often occurs as a result of atherosclerosis, with varying prevalence depending on age. Men are more commonly affected than women [1], and in two-thirds of all…
