This content is machine translated Long-COVID Increased risk with asthma and COPD Long-COVID is rapidly becoming one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. However, the pathogenic mechanisms underlying the development of this new disease are still largely poorly understood. Recent evidence...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Journal Club Case-control study on post-Covid syndrome A prospective, multicenter case-control study published in PLoS Medicine in 2025 described the frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with a protracted post-Covid course and searched for risk factors for...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Supply situation with pharmaceuticals Task force has initiated measures The National Economic Supply classifies the situation in the supply of essential medicines as problematic since January 2023. Supply disruptions are increasingly affecting the outpatient sector, rather than hospitals as…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Study Report Skin lesions after Covid 19 vaccination In a non-interventional retrospective study of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology of the Technical University of Munich, it could be shown within a large patient collective by…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Covid-19 Think about booster vaccination now! As of 10/10/2022, another Covid-19 booster vaccine is available. The FOPH and the Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF) recommend booster vaccination primarily to those at particular risk and to health professionals.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Long-COVID “The first two months are still considered a grace period”. Many patients complain of persistent symptoms after they have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In such cases, the first path usually leads to the family doctor, but the armamentarium available to…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Late effects of Covid-19 Long Covid: dermatological aspects In some patients, chronicizing symptoms develop after the acute phase of Covid-19 infection. In the S1 guidelines on Long-Covid published by various professional societies, this is highlighted from an interdisciplinary…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated SARS-CoV-2 Exploring bacterial extracts in the fight against coronavirus. The bacterial lysate OM-85 induced downregulation of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 – two enzymes highly relevant to SARS-CoV-2 infection – in vitro in human epithelial tissue of target organs of the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Lower respiratory tract infections Community-acquired pneumonia in Covid times – “Tour d’horizon”. Pneumonia diagnosis and triage is anything but trivial, especially in the context of the current covid pandemic. As a basis for deciding which patients can be managed in the outpatient…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated ADHD under the sign of COVID-19 What impact stress can have on treatment management The Corona pandemic has kept the world on tenterhooks for two years now. The uncertainties, limitations and worries do not pass anyone by without a trace. On people with attention…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Medication against Covid-19 Therapy arsenal is constantly expanding The monoclonal antibodies casirivimab/imdevimab and sotrovimab received Swissmedic approval last December and this January, respectively. Another promising drug for the treatment of Covid 19 patients is expected to be launched…
