Brief overview Causes: Increased uric acid levels, either congenital or acquired e.g. through disease or diet, other environmental factors such as an unfavorable lifestyle. Symptoms: Painful, swollen, reddened joints, arthritis symptoms such as fever, fatigue, feeling of weakness, nausea, vomiting; later, restricted movement and deformation of the joints, complaints due to kidney stones (e.g., pain … Gout: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Zinc deficiency: symptoms Zinc is a vital trace element that is involved in many processes in the human body, such as cell division, wound healing and immune defense. Accordingly, the symptoms of zinc deficiency can be varied. Possible are for example: Skin changes (dermatitis = skin inflammation) impaired wound healing hair loss loss of appetite … Zinc Deficiency: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Just a short time ago, your child was a ray of sunshine who looked at everyone with curiosity, but from one day to the next they react to their environment with rejection. One brief eye contact and it’s all over: the child turns away, holds its little hands in front of its face, rescues itself … Stranger anxiety: timing, causes, tips
Brief overview Eye burning – Cause: Irritation of the eyes (e.g. by draught, screen work, defective vision, wrongly adjusted visual aid, foreign body in the eye (like dust, splash of a cleaning agent), infections, allergic reaction, certain medications (like eye drops), various diseases (like Sjögren’s syndrome, diabetes, rheumatism) Eyes burning – What to do? Depending … Burning eyes: Causes and treatment
Brief overview Description: Leakage of lacrimal fluid over the lid margin often with further symptoms like foreign body sensation, burning sensation, eye redness. Causes: Among other things, age-related changes, foreign bodies in the eye, allergies, infections of the eye or upper respiratory tract, underlying diseases such as diabetes, environmental stimuli (gases, vapors, smoke). Treatment: Depending … Watery Eyes: Causes, Treatment
Brief overview Causes and risk factors: Decreased gastric juice production, hereditary factors, possibly medications and external influences (smoking, alcohol). Symptoms: Usually no symptoms; with large polyps, feeling of fullness, pressure and loss of appetite possible Examination and diagnosis: gastroscopy, usually with examination of a tissue sample (biopsy) of the polyps. Treatment: Removal of gastric polyps … Gastric Polyps: Causes, Symptoms, Therapy
Brief overview Description: Calf cramps are sudden, short, involuntary and painful contractions of a muscle part, a whole muscle or a muscle group in the calf. Causes: usually unknown or harmless (e.g., severe muscle tension during exercise, severe water and salt loss due to sweating, etc.). More rarely, calf cramps are signs of a disease … Calf cramps: Causes and treatment
Bulging eyes: Description The protrusion of the eyes – popularly known as “googly eyes” – is called exophthalmos or protrusio bulbi (bulging of the eyeball) by physicians. There is normally enough room in the eye socket of the skull, the orbit, to accommodate the eyeball along with muscles, nerves and fat padding. However, the bony … Bulging Eyes (Exophthalmos): Causes, Diagnosis
Brief overview Symptoms: Itching, redness, wheals, swelling of the skin, possible all over the body, symptoms occur immediately or with a time delay; rare: life-threatening allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock) Treatment: avoid contact with latex, medication Course of the disease and prognosis: Allergy cannot be cured, symptoms can be relieved by avoiding materials containing latex Causes … Latex Allergy: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Brief overview Causes: Joint wear and tear, bursitis, joint inflammation, rheumatic fever, gout, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, joint bleeding, among others. Treatment: Appropriate treatment of the cause, possibly painkillers, rarely surgery; reduce excess weight, avoid one-sided stress, exercise, cooling or warming, medicinal plants. When to see a doctor? In case of limited mobility … Joint pain: Causes, Treatment
Cardiomyopathy: Description Doctors use the term “cardiomyopathy” to refer to various diseases of the heart muscle (myocardium) in which the heart muscle no longer works properly. What happens in cardiomyopathy? The heart is a powerful muscle pump that maintains circulation by constantly drawing in and expelling blood. Blood that is deoxygenated from the body enters … Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms, Therapy
Coprolalia: Description The word coprolalia comes from the Greek kopros “dung, feces” and lalia “speech.” Sufferers compulsively spout obscene, vulgar, foul, offensive, insulting, and sometimes even hateful words. In some cases, it is also sexually tinged expletives that coprolalia patients throw around. The short, abrupt swear words are interspersed without context during normal speech, usually … Coprolalia: Causes, Frequency, Medications, Therapy
