Sleep Disorders: Sleep Hygiene Tips for Good Sleep

Sleep Duration Recommended sleep duration for all ages: Ages Ideal sleep duration Newborn (0-3 months) 14-17 Infants (4-11 months) 12-15 Infants (1-2 years 11-14 Kindergarten children (3-5 years) 10-13 School children (6-13 years) 9-11 Teenagers (14-17 years) 8-10 Young adults (18-25 years 7-9 Adults (26-64 years) 7-9 Seniors (≥ 65 years) 7-8 Behaviors that promote … Sleep Disorders: Sleep Hygiene Tips for Good Sleep

Tendon Calcification (Tendinosis Calcarea): Prevention

To prevent tendinitis calcarea (tendon calcification), attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors. Behavioral risk factors High-risk sports such as throwing sports (for tendinitis calcarea in the shoulder area (calcified shoulder)). Disease-related risk factors. Injuries, poisonings and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98). Trauma (injury) to the shoulder, unspecified.

Tendon Calcification (Tendinosis Calcarea): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate tendinitis calcarea (tendonosis): Restricted movement Rubor (redness) Pain Tumor (swelling) The following symptoms and complaints may indicate tendinitis calcarea in the shoulder (calcific shoulder): Pseudoparalysis (inability to move the arm) – especially in the resorption phase, see “Etiology/causes” below. Painful arc (“painful arc”) – In this case, pain … Tendon Calcification (Tendinosis Calcarea): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

Stress Management

The term stress refers, on the one hand, to mental and physical (somatic; bodily) reactions caused by stressors (specific external stimuli; strains) that enable the body to cope with particular demands, and, on the other hand, to the physical and mental strain that results. Stress can therefore be described as any sensible reaction of the … Stress Management

Tendon Calcification (Tendinosis Calcarea): Therapy

General measures Depending on the symptoms and stage of disease: Relief and immobilization Sports leave As soon as the pain subsides, physiotherapy (see below) should be started. In case of trauma – care depending on the nature of the injury. Conventional non-surgical therapy methods Anti-inflammatory drugs (drugs that inhibit inflammatory processes). In case of tendinosis … Tendon Calcification (Tendinosis Calcarea): Therapy

Anti-Aging Measures: Avoidance of Environmental Noxious Agents

Environmental medicine deals with the influences of the environment on the body and the development of diseases due to environmental factors that cause illness.The environment is a complex system of natural, but also artificial substances, to which more and more people react with diseases and complaints such as allergies.The environment consists of Water Ground Air … Anti-Aging Measures: Avoidance of Environmental Noxious Agents

Splayfoot (Pes Transversoplanus)

Drop-splayfoot (pes planotransversus; ICD-10 M21.67: Other acquired deformities of the ankle and foot) is one of the acquired foot deformities. Shape deformities of the feet can also be congenital (ICD-10 Q66.8: Other congenital deformities of the feet). Mainly, flat splayfoot does not occur congenitally. Along with splayfoot, it is one of the most common acquired … Splayfoot (Pes Transversoplanus)

Polymenorrhea: Diagnostic Tests

Obligatory medical device diagnostics. Vaginal ultrasonography (ultrasound examination using an ultrasound probe inserted into the vagina) – to evaluate the genital organs. Abdominal sonography (ultrasound examination of the abdominal organs) – mainly to assess the kidneys, adrenal glands and ovaries (ovaries). Optional medical device diagnostics -depending on the results of the history, physicalexamination, laboratory diagnostics … Polymenorrhea: Diagnostic Tests

AIDS (HIV): Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by AIDS: Respiratory system (J00-J99) Recurrent pneumonia (pneumonia; usually community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)); most common pathogens (in descending order): Pneumococcus, Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP); at 50%, the most common initial manifestation of AIDS disease), respiratory viruses, Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus … AIDS (HIV): Complications

Fatty Liver (Steatosis Hepatis): Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets Reduction of insulin resistance (decreased or abolished action of the hormone insulin) with decreased cardiovascular end-organ damage. Prevention of progression (progression) to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and/or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In proven NASH, to prevent progressive fibrosis with development of cirrhosis (irreversible (non-reversible) damage to the liver and marked remodeling of liver tissue) and … Fatty Liver (Steatosis Hepatis): Drug Therapy