This content is machine translated Drug effects in the gastrointestinal tract. Side effects on small and large intestine A variety of medications can cause drug side effects on the small and large intestines. The focus will be on the major gastrointestinal drug side effects and their main triggers.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Digestive disorders Gently treat gastrointestinal complaints Digestive disorders such as constipation and diarrhea are at the forefront of civilization diseases. If serious diseases, such as chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, can be ruled out as the cause…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Antibiotic-associated colitis Update on diagnostics and therapy of C. difficile infections Clostridium difficile is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. The incidence is increasing. Recurrent forms of the disease in particular lead to a high burden of disease.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Travel nutrition What country-specific dishes can your patient eat while traveling? Raw or insufficiently cooked food can transmit pathogens. The origin of the food and the method of preparation are therefore important pieces of information. However, with a few precautions, you…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Prompt and specific pathogen detection Acute infectious diarrhea: Diagnostics 2.0 Diarrhea is defined as three or more unformed bowel movements within 24 hours. If the symptoms resolve within 14 days, the condition is referred to as “acute” diarrhea [1]. The…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference 2016 in Geneva Is there a vaccine for malignant mesothelioma coming soon? Once again, the European Lung Cancer Conference was held in Geneva. Once again, the focus was primarily on non-small cell lung cancer. Therapies targeting mutated and non-mutated variants of EGFR…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher General Internal Medicine Tips and tricks for gastroenterological issues At the Update Refresher General Internal Medicine, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for various gastroenterological diseases were discussed. Among other things, the common clinical pictures of chronic constipation and diarrhea were…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated After kidney transplantation Follow-up of kidney transplant patients in family practice. Teamwork between primary care physician, nephrologist, transplant center and patient is essential. 50% of transplanted patients die with functioning kidney transplant. In the early phase after transplantation, the focus is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated A herbal first aid kit Well cared for during the vacations with phytotherapy Even the Neolithic Ötzi carried birch spores in his pocket during his stay in the Alps, which probably served as medicine. Modern man also takes precautions against minor ailments when…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Colon irritabile (irritable bowel syndrome) Harmless, but severely limiting the quality of life In the case of symptoms typical of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), initial comprehensive diagnostics with erudition of alarm signs, colonoscopy if necessary, and in particular the exclusion of sprue are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Bloody diarrhea Ulcerative colitis – current diagnostics and therapy Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology. The clinic consists of bloody mucopurulent diarrhea with accompanying tenesmus and rarely fecal incontinence. The relapses are classified according…
