Drugs Drugs used to treat a corn usually aim to soften the skin of the affected area and thus prepare the corn for removal. To soften the skin, acidic active ingredients such as salicylic acid or lactic acid are diluted and applied in drop form. In addition to the medication, a warm footbath can help … Drugs | Treatment of corns
For children The use of drugs containing salicylic acid is generally avoided in children. Since children usually have thinner skin, the softening effect of the drug can cause unpleasant secondary damage. Since corns, which occur in children, are usually small and superficial, softening of the skin change by a warm foot bath is usually sufficient … For children | Treatment of corns
A corn eye (medically: Clavus) is a skin change that occurs due to chronic pressure on an area of skin in direct proximity to the bone. Particularly with shoes that are too small or do not fit ideally, corns often develop on the toes. When treating a corn, therefore, not only the corn itself should … Treatment of corns
Introduction Benign positional vertigo, which occurs in attacks, is a common but harmless disease, but is perceived by those affected as very unpleasant and threatening. Due to delayed diagnosis and lost time until the start of therapy, unnecessary anxiety develops, which can lead to a further worsening of the symptoms. Synonyms BPLS – benign paroxysmal … Positional vertigo
Causes So-called otoliths (earstones made of calcium carbonate crystals) are assumed to be the cause of the benign positioning vertigo, which occurs in attacks. They detach from the sensory epithelium of an organ of equilibrium (usually the utricle) in the inner ear, slip and enter one of the archways of the inner ear (canalolithiasis). Why … Causes | Positional vertigo
The organ of equilibrium in the inner ear controls the perception of the body position in space and ensures that we are in a stable, upright posture. The basis of benign postural vertigo is the detachment and sliding of tiny salt crystals (blasts of otholites, calcium carbonate crystals) into the semicircular canals (in 80%-90% of … Causes of positional vertigo
Psychogenic causes of vertigo Many types of vertigo can occur due to and be aggravated by psychological stress or in the context of mental illness, such as depression, anxiety disorders or psychosis. Psychogenic dizziness is usually described as diffuse, accompanied by insecurities in standing and walking, as well as a tendency to fall. The most … Psychogenic causes of vertigo | Causes of positional vertigo
Drug treatment attempts, chirotherapeutic measures on the cervical spine and acupuncture have proven to be essentially ineffective in the diagnosis of benign positioning vertigo. Aggravation or even chronification can occur if the affected person automatically avoids any movement causing dizziness. The self-treatment options (positioning exercises or release maneuvers) result from the mechanism of the development … Self-treatment of a positioning vertigo
Contraindications for the Eplay- or Semont maneuver When the Eplay- or Semont maneuver must not be used: Uncompensated heart disease (cardiac insufficiency) High degree closure of the cervical artery Severe painful movement restrictions of the cervical spine with radiation into the arm(s) Psychological problems in the sense of anxiety anxiety disorder Important summary Have the … Contraindications for the Eplay- or Semont maneuver | Self-treatment of a positioning vertigo
