View Post This content is machine translated Primary immunodeficiency Adventure with IGI – Primary immunodeficiency explained in a playful way With young patients, it is often a challenge for the physician to explain a complex disease in an understandable way to parents and child. On the new website www.leben-mit-pid.ch, the blue bear IGI takes Jamie and his friends on a trip inside the human body and explains how the immune system works and what a patient with primary immunodeficiency (PID) is missing. The video is just one of many interactive and creatively designed informational materials for parents and children affected by or interested in PGD. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Case report: Primary immunodeficiency in adults. Recurrent infections: When should immunodeficiency be considered? Immunodeficiencies are not always diagnosed in childhood. In the case of classic warning signs such as recurrent infections that are difficult to treat, family history and detailed clinical examinations should therefore not be dispensed with, even in adults. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Case report: Primary immunodeficiency in children Recurrent microabscesses – An indication of immunodeficiency? When children repeatedly suffer from severe infections or excessive inflammatory reactions as they grow older, but antibiotic treatments achieve no or only short-term relief of symptoms, the search for the cause begins. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Primary immunodeficiencies Forms of administration of immunoglobulin substitution therapy Diseases associated with decreased immunoglobulin (Ig) production represent the most common form of primary immunodeficiency (PID) and are associated with significant limitations in quality of life [1]. Ig substitution therapies allow affected individuals to live a largely normal life and can be administered intravenously or subcutaneously [2]. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Primary immunodeficiencies Timely treatment can reduce mortality Primary immunodeficiencies (PGDs) often manifest in childhood and can lead to significant impairment into adulthood due to delayed diagnosis [1]. Effective therapies exist that can reduce morbidity and allow patients to lead a largely normal life [2]. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Case report: Primary immunodeficiency in children On the trail of a rare genetic defect A 3.5-year-old female patient suffered from repeated respiratory infections-pneumonia and obstructive bronchitis-with otherwise unremarkable physical development. Laboratory tests and a genetic analysis finally shed light on the matter. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Primary immunodeficiencies Observe warning signs and react! Although most primary immunodeficiencies (PGDs) manifest in childhood, the disease is often not recognized until adulthood [1]. In this context, only early diagnosis can reduce morbidity and prevent deaths [2]. View Post
View Post This content is machine translated Early detection of primary immunodeficiency Background, warning signs and diagnosis Defects of the immune system can have devastating consequences [1]. However, because the symptoms are very diverse, the diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency often occurs late [2]. However, early detection is essential to initiate adequate therapy and to decisively improve patients’ quality of life, as Prof. Mike Recher of the University Hospital Basel explains in the following interview. View Post
