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Paranoid Schizophrenia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common subtype of schizophrenia. The disorder is characterized by various complaints such as persecutory delusions, visual and auditory hallucinations. The alternative name “paranoid-hallucinatory schizophrenia” also stems from this. What is paranoid schizophrenia? Schizophrenia has a multifaceted appearance and belongs to the so-called endogenous psychoses. These are clinical pictures that are … Paranoid Schizophrenia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Parasitology: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Diseases caused by parasites are called parasitoses. Parasitology is a medical specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of these parasitic diseases. What is parasitology? Parasitology is a medical specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of these parasitic diseases. A parasite is an organism that needs a host to survive and infects … Parasitology: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Tick Bites

Symptoms A tick bite is usually harmless. A local allergic skin reaction with itching may develop within hours to two days after the bite. Rarely, a dangerous anaphylaxis is possible. The transmission of infectious diseases during the tick bite is problematic. Two diseases are of particular importance: 1. Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused … Tick Bites

Hypesthesia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Hypesthesia (sensitivity disorder) results in decreased perception of stimuli because the transmission of stimuli to the central nervous system is disturbed. To what extent this symptomatology can be treated depends on the causative diseases. These must be treated as successfully as possible to eliminate the cause of hypesthesia. What is hypesthesia? A reduced sensation of … Hypesthesia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Neuritis Vestibularis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Neuritis vestibularis is the medical term for a dysfunction of the organ of balance. In this case, the affected person suffers from rotary vertigo. What is neuritis vestibularis? In medicine, neuritis vestibularis is also known as neuropathia vestibularis. This refers to an acute or chronic disturbance in the function of the organ of balance, which … Neuritis Vestibularis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Amoxicillin (Amoxil)

Products Amoxicillin is commercially available in the form of tablets, film-coated tablets, dispersible tablets, as powder or granules for the preparation of a suspension, as an infusion and injection preparation, and as a veterinary drug. In addition to the original Clamoxyl, numerous generics are available today. Amoxicillin was launched in 1972 and has been approved … Amoxicillin (Amoxil)

Myelin Sheath: Structure, Function & Diseases

Myelin sheath is the term used to describe the covering of the neurites of a nerve cell, which can be up to one meter long. The myelin sheath protects the nerve fiber, insulates it electrically, and allows much faster transmission speeds than nonmyelinated nerve fibers. Myelin sheaths are composed of special lipids, phospholipids, and structural … Myelin Sheath: Structure, Function & Diseases

Polyneuritis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Polyneuritis is an inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system or cranial nerves. Several or all nerves may be affected to varying degrees. Abnormal sensations and functional disturbance of damaged areas of the body are among the typical symptoms. The causes and associated therapeutic approaches are subject to a wide variety. What is polyneuritis? Polyneuritis … Polyneuritis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Lyme Diseases: Causes and Treatment

Symptoms The disease has traditionally been divided into 3 stages, which, however, cannot be clearly distinguished from each other and do not require patients to pass through them obligatorily and sequentially. The staging has therefore been abandoned by some experts in favor of an early and late phase or organ-based classification. Borrelia initially infect the … Lyme Diseases: Causes and Treatment

Repellents

Products Repellents are mostly used in the form of sprays. In addition, lotions, creams, wristbands and evaporators, for example, are also commercially available. Effects Repellents have insect and/or mite repellent properties, meaning they prevent biting or being bitten by parasites such as mosquitoes and ticks, as well as biting insects such as wasps. The products … Repellents

Tegmentum: Structure, Function & Diseases

The tegmentum is a part of the brainstem that includes the midbrain, bridge (pons), and medulla oblongata. It contains numerous nuclear areas (nuclei) and nerve tracts, some of which perform motor functions and others sensory or sensitive functions. Nonspecific lesions to the tegmentum may occur, for example, in the setting of stroke, neurodegenerative disease, or … Tegmentum: Structure, Function & Diseases

Temperature Sensation: Function, Task & Diseases

Temperature sensation (med. thermoreception) of the skin and mucous membranes is provided by thermoreceptors. These thermoreceptors are specialized nerve endings that project perceived temperature stimuli via chemical processes to nerve fibers in the spinal cord, from where the stimuli travel to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is the center of temperature regulation in the brain, where … Temperature Sensation: Function, Task & Diseases