Analgesic nephropathy results from years of use of certain pain medications. In the worst cases, chronic interstitial nephritis results in complete kidney failure. What is analgesic nephropathy? Analgesic anphropathy results from years of use of certain pain medications. Analgesic anphropathy also goes by the name phenacetin kidney in medicine. This refers to a chronic tubolo-interstitial … Analgesic Anphropathy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The active ingredient famotidine belongs to the H2 antihistamines. It is used to treat stomach disorders and decreases the secretion of stomach acid. What is famotidine? Famotidine is an H2 antihistamine. It is offered in Germany in the form of film-coated tablets and is in circulation as a generic from various suppliers. Famotidine can be … Famotidine: Effects, Uses & Risks
After a bleeding injury, platelet aggregation initiates recovery as an important step in wound care. It ensures that platelets accumulate within a few minutes, agglutinating the damaged area and thus causing blood flow to cease. What is platelet aggregation? Platelet aggregationIt causes platelets (shown in white in the figure) to accumulate in a wound within … Platelet Aggregation: Function, Role & Diseases
Kußmaul breathing describes a type of breathing that can indicate a disease. This condition is acidosis, the over-acidification of the body due to a disturbance in the acid-base balance. What is kissing mouth breathing? Kußmaul respiration was named after biologist and physician Adolf Kußmaul. It is also called acidosis breathing as well as acidosis compensation … Kissing Mouth Breathing: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Causes Hepatitis C is an inflammatory disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The virus belongs to the group of flaviviruses and is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus. Based on its genetic information, this virus can be divided into 6 groups (so-called genotypes), which are further subdivided into a total of … Hepatitis C Causes and Treatmen
The sexual transmission route in hepatitis C The sexual transmission route plays a rather minor role in hepatitis C compared to hepatitis B and HIV. This transmission pathway is very rare, but is favored by open sores on the external or internal genitals, such as hemorrhoids and genital warts. However, the risk of injury and … The sexual transmission route in hepatitis C | Hepatitis C Causes and Treatmen
Dialysis as a possibility of infection The risk of hepatitis infection due to virus transmission via dialysis is comparatively high. Modern sterilization procedures for the equipment and blood tests of the patients significantly reduced the risk of hepatitis C transmission. However, 10 percent of dialysis patients still suffer from hepatitis C. Together with drug addicts … Dialysis as a possibility of infection | Hepatitis C Causes and Treatmen
POEMS syndrome is a rare variation of multiple myeloma with concomitant paraneoplasia. Elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can be detected in almost all patients. What is POEMS syndrome? POEMS syndrome is a paraneoplastic disorder. The acronym POEMS stands for the English names of the symptoms polyneuropathy, endocrinopathy, M gradient, skin changes, and … POEMS Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Perforating dermatoses are divided into primary and secondary. Acquired perforating dermatosis is a rare chronic skin disease classified in the former group. It usually occurs in adults suffering from chronic kidney disease. It may also affect dialysis patients or diabetics. The symptoms are severely itchy nodules. What is acquired perforating dermatosis? Acquired perforating dermatosis is … Acquired Perforating Dermatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Introduction Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis C is mainly transmitted via blood. It is important that the blood of a person with hepatitis C enters the bloodstream of another person. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible to vaccinate against Hepatitis C, as no effective vaccine … Transmission route or infection of hepatitis C
Transmission via saliva/tear fluid/mother’s milk Hepatitis C cannot be transmitted via saliva or tear fluid. Contact with these body fluids of an infected person is therefore harmless (unlike contact with blood or sexual contact). Caution is required, however, if there are injuries, for example in the oral mucosa. Small amounts of blood can get into … Transmission via saliva/tear fluid/mother’s milk | Transmission route or infection of hepatitis C
Transmission via blood transfusion Until 1992, blood preserves in Germany were not tested for hepatitis C because the disease was still unknown and not sufficiently researched. Anyone who received blood transfusions before 1992 therefore has a very high risk of infection with hepatitis C. The risk of transmission was minimized by newly introduced hygiene standards. … Transmission via blood transfusion | Transmission route or infection of hepatitis C
