This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Asthma attacks in the playhouse – Mephisto is behind it Case history: The 57-year-old lighting designer and head of lighting at the Zurich Schauspielhaus suffered from sporadic asthma attacks at work during the last years without any apparent cause. Sneezing…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Atopic eczema What should be considered in infant patients? Atopic eczema is a chronic recurrent skin disease based on a genetically determined dysfunction of the epidermal barrier. Every fifth to sixth child in Western civilization today is affected by…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Therapy for nail pathologies Splintering, discolored or deformed nails: what next? Nail diseases can be very disturbing for the patient cosmetically, but also functionally. Before deciding on therapy, it is important to determine whether the nail change is due to a…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Daclizumab effective in relapsing-remitting MS There was an update on the DECIDE study at the ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Congress in Boston. In it, the antibody daclizumab is compared with interferon β-1a. The results are promising, although the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Prevention and symptom management in multiple sclerosis Does a healthy diet help? Can you reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis if you always eat a healthy diet? And are patients who already suffer from MS possibly fitter due to a low…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Encephalitis Despite many treatment options, lethality remains high At the annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society in late October 2014, a session focused on encephalitides. These acute life-threatening diseases are rare, but the different etiologies and therapies…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Specific oncological and social problems Cancer in young adults: Experts call for treatment protocols Adolescents and young adults are a neglected age group in oncology. Younger cancer patients are also rarely included in studies – accordingly, their survival rate has hardly improved in recent…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Symptomatic vertebral body hemangioma with neurological complaints Minimally invasive interventional therapy Case Report: In a 30-year-old female patient with lower extremity sensory disturbances, an MRI examination revealed multiple, vascular, tumor-like vertebral body lesions in the upper thoracic spine that corresponded to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Meningiomas Therapeutic options for recurrent or metastatic tumors A “Special Session” at the ESMO Congress focused on meningiomas. Although these brain tumors are primarily treated surgically, higher-grade meningiomas that can grow invasively may require radio or systems therapy.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Generalized anxiety disorder Is GAD too rarely recognized? Generalized anxiety disorder usually begins between the ages of 20 and 30. It is accompanied by psychological and physical symptoms. Rapid clarification and making the correct diagnosis (especially in the…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Psychiatric expertise/legal decisions in social security law Depth of clarification of psychiatric reports From a medical-scientific point of view, an expert opinion can be regarded as a measuring instrument that is intended to provide accurate, reproducible and comprehensible results. It is important to…
