This content is machine translated General Internal Medicine Update Refresher Sexually transmitted diseases in Switzerland – Status 2017 After HIV has lost much of its terror in recent years, the Swiss are once again taking more risks in their sexual behavior. Contraception is gladly dispensed with once in…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Swiss Derma Day STI – new insights and old wisdom On the first day of the Swiss Derma Day congress in Lucerne, the focus was on sexually transmitted diseases. A differentiated insight into the epidemiology and the possibilities of diagnosis…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Risk factors for prostate cancer First gonorrhea, then cancer A new meta-analysis examines the association between sexually transmitted diseases and prostate cancer. It comes to interesting results: Gonorrhea in particular seems to be associated with an increased risk of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Sexually transmitted infections Importance of venereology continues to grow First, the good news: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are generally preventable and usually treatable. For years, however, everyday clinical practice has shown a different picture. Recently, it was strongly suggested…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Non-gonorrheal urethritis Pathogen spectrum, clarification and therapy Traditionally, infectious urethritis is divided into two groups: Gonococcal urethritis (GU) and so-called non-gonorrheic urethritis (NGU). This classification arose historically to distinguish NGU-a group of infections of similar symptomatology with,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Tuberculosis, HIV and tropical diseases Infectious diseases that also affect Switzerland(er) Worldwide, around 53 million people die of tuberculosis, HIV and malaria within a year. The inhabitants of tropical and poor countries are particularly affected. But even the rich Switzerland is…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Sexually transmitted infections Screening and sexual history gain importance Switzerland occupies an inglorious top position in Europe with regard to the incidence of syphilis. The following article shows which venereal diseases can be treated well and what the importance…
