This content is machine translated Rare diseases Syringomyelia – multiple symptoms make diagnosis difficult Syringomyelia is a rare disease that develops due to a disturbance of cerebrospinal fluid flow (CSF) and is often due to obstruction of the subarachnoid space of the spinal column.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pain Management Migraines and co. well under control thanks to innovative treatment options Pain patients often wait years for a diagnosis and then usually receive inadequate treatment, as pain is neglected as a central symptom. This care problem was the focus of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Tumor breakthrough pain Quick help for a troublesome side effect Hardly any patients report it, but many suffer from it: Tumor breakthrough pain. The sudden attacks of pain are a psychological and physical burden for those affected, which severely restricts…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rheumatoid arthritis JAK inhibitor reduces pain for a long time Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis often suffer from considerable pain. Therefore, pain control is an important treatment goal in this patient group. In a post-hoc analysis of the FINCH studies…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Ovarian cysts Ovarian cysts are cavities filled with fluid or tissue in the ovaries. They occur in women of all ages, but are particularly common during hormonal fluctuations. If large ovarian cysts…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pain syndrome From pathophysiology to therapy – a reminder When pain becomes a disease in its own right and no longer serves as a warning function of the body, it is referred to as chronic pain syndrome. Often, other…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Irritable Bowel Syndrome Align therapy with the predominant symptom Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) manifests as a heterogeneous clinical picture in terms of the type and severity of symptoms, affecting around 16% of the population. Diagnostically, IBS is a challenge…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – gallstones Cholelithiasis (ancient Greek chole, “bile” and líthos, “stone”) is a deposit in the gallbladder caused by an imbalance of soluble substances in the bile. Depending on their location and size,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pain Management Living at last – Focus on individual pain management Improving care in pain and palliative situations was the focus of this year’s Pain Congress. Patients with chronic pain in particular require individualized treatment in order to finally be able…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Polyneuropathy Multidisciplinary therapy of a complex disease In polyneuropathies, all those parts of the nervous system that are outside the central nervous system are affected. In most cases, these impairments can be attributed to chronic alcohol abuse,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Pain syndrome: from pathophysiology to therapy When pain becomes a disease in its own right and is no longer a warning function of the body, it is referred to as chronic pain syndrome. In addition to…
