This content is machine translated Eradication by vaccination Utopia or eutopia? Eradication, in the case of infectious diseases, means achieving an incidence of zero. This article addresses the question of whether eradication by vaccination is a utopia or an eutopia, and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interview on the new book of the Swiss Rheumatism League Actively tackle rheumatic pain Many rheumatism patients face pain in recurrent episodes, others daily. And some even develop a chronic pain disorder in its own right. In the newly published book of the Rheumaliga…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy of anorexia and bulimia nervosa When food becomes a problem Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance and dieting behaviors, combined with disturbances in self-esteem, emotion regulation, and problems in relationships, can promote the onset of eating disorders at critical life stages. Recent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Inflammatory brain diseases The role of imaging Inflammatory brain diseases are caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, virus or prions and present with a wide variety of symptoms, many of which can also be caused by non-infectious brain…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Breaking the vicious circle On average, it takes seven years to consider multi-causality of chronic pain and appropriate multimodal therapy. This is often not done on the basis of positive findings, but according to…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic back and neck pain Successful pain relief through radio frequency The musculoskeletal system is the most common source of chronic pain; degenerative wear and tear is the primary cause. If physiotherapy, massage and the whole range of conservative measures show…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Quo vadis medicus… Apparently, the working conditions at the hospitals have massively deteriorated for the young residents. For many, the 50-hour week is at the limit of what is feasible. The work involved…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hyperkinesias in diabetes Hemichorea hemiballism in the setting of nonketotic hyperglycemia. Introduction: Hyperkinesia due to dysfunction of the basal ganglia can be caused by a number of predominantly vascular and (para)infectious as well as endocrine diseases. In the following, we report…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Patient with depression Ejaculatory dysfunction as an adverse effect of trazodone. Case report: a 22-year-old patient with known recurrent depressive disorder and regular use of cannabis presented for increasing depressive symptoms. He was psychosocially burdened by prolonged unemployment, debt, and relationship…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis dementia Genesis and differentiation of dementia from depression and delirium The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s dementia, which is chronically progressive and primarily shows memory impairment. After initial exclusion diagnosis by the primary care provider, differential diagnosis should…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 4th Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders SGAD treatment recommendations for obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. At this year’s Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders of the Swiss Society for Anxiety and Depression (SGAD), Prof. Martin E. Keck, MD, Oetwil am See, presented for the first…
