Synonym Kissing Disease – Virus EBV Pfeiffer’s disease Infectious Mononucleosis Mononucleosis infectiosaund Monocyteangina An initial infection with the Epstein Barr virus in adolescence or adulthood causes unspecific flu-like symptoms. Patients show an elevated temperature between 38.5° and 39° Celcius, limb and body pain, as well as fatigue and exhaustion. Furthermore, the lymph nodes in the … Epstein-Barr virus
Prophylaxis So far there are no vaccines against Pfeiffer’s glandular fever caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, so that only avoiding infected persons is a preventive measure. However, this is impossible due to the high rate of infection of the population with the virus and the unspecific course of an infection. Postinfectious immunity As mentioned above, … Prophylaxis | Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of functional intestinal obstruction A paralytic ileus is caused by a functional disorder of the intestine and is also called intestinal paralysis. This means that the intestine is continuous and not interrupted by a mechanical obstacle. A further distinction is made between primary and secondary paralytic ileus. The reason for a primary functional ileus … Causes of functional intestinal obstruction | Causes of intestinal obstruction
Introduction An intestinal obstruction (ileus) is a disturbance of the intestinal passage through a constriction or strangulation. As a result, the intestinal contents can no longer be transported further towards the anus and excreted, resulting in a congestion of faeces and the typical symptoms of an ileus, such as severe abdominal pain, vomiting, flatulence and … Causes of intestinal obstruction
Summary Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative rod bacterium. There are more than 300 different strains, which are distributed worldwide, are regionally and familially abundant, and their genetic information sometimes varies considerably. What they all have in common is a whole range of different adaptation mechanisms that enable it to survive in its main reservoir, the … Helicobacter pylori
Test for a Helicobacter When detecting Helicobacter pylori, a distinction is made between so-called invasive and non-invasive methods. Invasive means that one penetrates into body tissue. There are several non-invasive test methods. With these, a colonization with Helicobacter pylori is in principle very easy to detect. One of the simplest methods uses the normal exhaled … Test for a Helicobacter | Helicobacter pylori
Infection The transmission path of Helicobacter pylori is not conclusively clarified. The possibility of oral-oral and faecal-oral transmission by excretion of the bacterium in stool and reabsorption by other persons, e.g. from water, is being discussed. Contaminated food also provides a source of absorption. The germ initially colonizes its main reservoir in humans, the lower … Infection | Helicobacter pylori
Virulence factors Furthermore, Helicobacter pylori produces urease, an enzyme that breaks down urea into ammonia and CO2. This raises the pH in the bacterium’s surrounding medium, i.e. it is converted into a less acidic environment. The neutral environment is called the ammonia mantle. Helicobacter pylori also produces virulence factors such as the vacuolating VacA and … Virulence factors | Helicobacter pylori
Synonyms in a broader sense Medical: intussusception, intestinal invagination English: intussusception Definition Invagination is a telescopic invagination of one section of the intestine into another. It occurs mainly in small children and can be life-threatening in the worst case. In infants and toddlers, intussusception can occur as a result of increased intestinal mobility or in … Invagination
Symptoms of intussusception Characteristic for an intussusception is the phase-like course of the symptoms. At the beginning, the child often has sudden cramp-like abdominal pain, cries and appears sickly. This is usually followed by a period without symptoms, which is typically interrupted by the child’s sudden shrill screaming in connection with the pulling up of … Symptoms of intussusception | Invagination
Causes The cause of esophageal varicose vein bleeding is the rupture, i.e. tearing, of existing varicose veins in the esophagus. The vessels from which the varicose veins develop are naturally present, but under certain circumstances they develop into these widened and tortuous vessels. These varicose veins develop because the blood seeks alternative circulation back to … Esophageal varices bleeding
Prognosis In the case of a previous bleeding, the risk of having another bleed from existing esophageal varicose veins is 30%. The risk of dying from such a bleeding is 25 – 30%. This can be explained by the state of shock caused by the massive bleeding. Prophylaxis Bleeding from varicose veins cannot be prevented … Prognosis | Esophageal varices bleeding
