This content is machine translated Biologics therapy for psoriasis Better outcomes through innovative methods of therapy management Personalized medicine is also becoming increasingly important in the field of inflammatory skin diseases. Currently, IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors are most effective in moderate to severe psoriasis, but the response…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Prurigo nodularis When excruciating itching proves to be persistent – what helps? Chronic prurigo is characterized by an “itch-scratch cycle” and is often associated with high levels of distress. The International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) suggests a stage-adapted multimodal…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Case study from the clinic Atypical dermal melanocytosis In a pediatric patient, atypical dermal melanocytosis led to the diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis type II, also known as “Hunter’s disease.”
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGDV Annual Congress 2017, Bern Is serology necessary for Lyme disease diagnosis? Lyme serology or even PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are by no means always necessary when it comes to diagnosing skin borreliosis and initiating treatment. In typical erythema migrans, the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Skin cancer screening Experience of the last years The “skin cancer epidemic” motivates large national prevention campaigns. Recent epidemiologic data support the effectiveness of primary prophylaxis and screening programs.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated 98th Annual Meeting of the SGDV Lesions of the oral mucosa and new technologies for topical therapies. This year’s congress of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SGDV) took place in Geneva at the end of August. Apart from the key lectures on important topics and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Introduction to the new series Science comes from creating knowledge – also in aesthetic dermatology! Aesthetic dermatology is molting! Condemned as an “enfant terrible” just a few years ago, many dermatologists have now realized that it’s not such a bad thing. Fears that aesthetic dermatology…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Highlights of the 8th Dermato-Allergological Course of the SGDV What’s new in diagnostics and therapy? In Basel, experts from various fields of dermatology and allergology discussed, among other things, the innovations in the classification and therapy of urticaria, modern testing methods in the field of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Slow down melanin production Remove hyperpigmentation gently and safely If a “harmless pigment disorder” is present, 65% of women nevertheless feel stressed by their pigment spots and wish to have them removed. At the SGDV Congress in Montreux, care…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 100 years SGDV/SSDV “We don’t have any worries about new recruits”. This year, the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology celebrates its 100th anniversary. During the annual congress in Montreux, a book on the history of the professional society was presented*,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated National Skin Cancer Day May 13, 2013 Counteracting the formation of melanomas through early diagnosis The statistics for new cases of skin cancer in Switzerland are disturbing: 2000 melanoma diagnoses annually, about 300 of which are fatal; and 13,000 patients affected by actinic keratosis. Despite…
