skin diseases

Purpura Chronica Progressiva: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Purpura chronica progressiva is a group of diseases that cause punctate skin lesions due to hemorrhage and hemosiderin deposition. Food additives, textile additives, medications and various primary diseases have been identified as causes. Therapy of the skin disease is cause-dependent. What is purpura chronica progressiva? Iron is an essential trace element that is indispensable for … Purpura Chronica Progressiva: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Phacomatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Phacomatosis is a collective term for hereditary diseases of the skin and nervous system, which are characterized by the appearance of harmatomas in various organ systems. The individual diseases have nothing to do with each other, but are provisionally grouped together on the basis of disease characteristics and their causes. Because phakomatoses have a genetic … Phacomatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Light Therapy: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Light therapy has been used in Germany since as early as 1987. Since then, it has become the preferred form of therapy for sleep disorders, seasonal depression, as well as disorders of the so-called internal clock. Light therapy is also used in the private sector as an easy-to-use remedy for winter depression, headaches, migraines and … Light Therapy: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronan)

Products Hyaluronic acid is commercially available in the form of creams, nasal creams, nasal sprays, cosmetics, lozenges, eye drops or gels, and injectables, among others. The injectables are also combined with local anesthetics such as lidocaine to prevent pain. Hyaluronic acid was first isolated from bovine eyes in the 1930s. Structure and properties Hyaluronic acid … Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronan)

Acne Treatment

Symptoms Acne is a collective name for diseases of the sebaceous gland apparatus and hair follicles. The skin disease occurs predominantly puberty. Not all forms require treatment. However, a minority of patients suffer from severe acne, which should be treated in order to avoid long courses of the disease and scars if necessary. Areas of … Acne Treatment

Scleromyxedema: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Scleromyxedema is a specific type of dermatosis that usually presents in female patients. Scleromyxedema is characterized by pachyderma that appears over a large area and has papules on it. Generally, plasmacytomas manifest in the form of scleromyxedema. In this case, the disease expresses itself eruptively on the skin and often appears before hematologic phenomena. What … Scleromyxedema: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Dermatop®

Introduction The drug Dermatop® is mainly sold as an ointment, cream or skin lotion, it contains the active ingredient prednicarbate. Prednicarbate belongs to the group of artificially produced glucocorticoids (steroid hormones) whose natural intermediates are formed in the adrenal cortex (e.g. cortisol). Dermatop® has strong anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, anti-pruritic and anti-allergic effects. It is generally used … Dermatop®

Intertrigo

Symptoms Intertrigo (Latin for “rubbed sore”) is a common inflammatory skin condition that occurs on opposite skin surfaces in skin folds. It is initially manifested by a mild to severe redness that is approximately mirror image on both sides of the skin fold. It is often accompanied by itching, rash, burning sensation and pain. Papules … Intertrigo

Sea Salt

Extraction By evaporation and purification from seawater Components Sodium chloride, calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate and other minerals and trace elements. Effects Purifying Moisturizing Stimulating blood circulation (in medicinal baths) Indications In the appropriate dosage forms: Allergic rhinitis Common cold Sinusitis Dry nasal mucosa As a bath for skin diseases As a … Sea Salt