Lyme disease diagnosis: symptoms show the way The most important indication of a Lyme disease diagnosis is the typical skin rash at the tick bite site: the “wandering redness” (erythema migrans). It is considered the leading symptom of early Lyme disease and occurs in many patients. For this reason, you should keep an eye on … Borreliosis Tests: Diagnosis
Brief overview Diagnostics: Hearing tests, test of the discomfort threshold, medical history, examination of the ear, test of the stapedius reflex in the ear. Causes: Often unknown, faulty processing of what is heard in the brain; neurological damage or pathological changes in the inner ear due to illness or injury; psychological stress; tinnitus concomitant symptom … Hyperacusis: Diagnosis, Causes
Brief overview Course and prognosis: Basically harmless, but possible precancerous condition. Symptoms: Usually no symptoms Causes and risk factors: Not known to date Diagnostics: Mammography, biopsy Treatment: Surgery, radiation, if necessary anti-hormonal therapy Prevention: Not possible with certainty What is DCIS? In DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ), epithelial cells lining the milk ducts of the … DCIS: Diagnosis, Risk, Therapy
What is a sickle foot? Sickle foot is usually an acquired and rarely a congenital foot deformity. The name comes from the fact that the inside of the front and middle part of the foot is bent like a sickle starting from the big toe. It usually affects newborns. Baby and toddler feet are still … Clubfoot (Pes Adductus): Treatment, Diagnosis
Brief overview Diagnosis: Previous medical history, physical examinations such as vision and hearing tests, electroencephalography (EEG), intelligence test, specific dyslexia text. Symptoms: slow, halting reading, slipping on the line, transposing letters, among others. Causes and risk factors: Probably genetic changes in congenital dyslexia, damage to certain areas of the brain in acquired dyslexia. Course of … Dyslexia: Definition, diagnosis, symptoms
Brief overview What is cyanosis? Bluish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen content in the blood. Typical are e.g. blue lips, earlobes, fingertips. Forms: peripheral cyanosis (due to increased oxygen depletion in the body periphery such as arms and legs), central cyanosis (due to insufficient oxygen loading of the blood in … Cyanosis: Causes, Diagnosis, First Aid
Blepharitis: Description Inflammation of the eyelids (blepharitis) occurs when the excretory ducts of the sebaceous glands, which open to the outside at the eyelid margins, become blocked. Bacteria are often involved in such eyelid inflammation. Since this disease often results in the formation of white-gray, greasy scales on the edge of the eyelid, it is … Blepharitis: Causes, diagnosis & more
Brief overview Diagnosis: Physical examination (reflexes), magnetic resonance imaging, blood and nerve tests, Schilling test (measurement of vitamin B12 uptake). Symptoms: At the beginning, often insensitivity in both legs, disturbed sense of position, vibration and touch, unsteadiness of gait; later also spastic paralysis of legs and arms; abnormal reflexes, mental disorders, “pernicious anemia” Causes: Damage … Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord: Description, Diagnosis.
Many people associate multiple sclerosis with a life in a wheelchair. This can cause fear and is not completely incomprehensible. Because the multiple Sklerose is a neurological illness, which often already occurs in the young adult age and can impair the life of the patients strongly. That the multiple Sklerose is however versatile and a … Symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Cause of multiple sclerosis Until today the cause of multiple sclerosis has not been thoroughly researched, only theories can be put forward. Relevant in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis are the so-called myelin sheaths. Like fatty tubes, these sheath the nerves in sections. The function of the myelin sheaths is to accelerate the transmission of … Cause of multiple sclerosis | Symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Course of multiple sclerosis Depending on the patient, the course of multiple sclerosis can vary and can be more severe in some cases and milder in others. In the relapsing-remitting form (the most common form of multiple sclerosis), the symptoms decrease completely after the relapses. This is the most favorable course for the patient, as … Course of multiple sclerosis | Symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy In terms of gender, multiple sclerosis affects women more often than men. This raises the question of whether pregnancy is also possible without complaints in cases of diagnosed multiple sclerosis. As already mentioned, the multiple Sklerose is not inherited to the child.Only the predisposition would be present, but it is not … Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy | Symptoms of multiple sclerosis
