A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps: General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further: Inspection (viewing). Skin and mucous membranes Abdominal wall and inguinal region (groin area). Gynecological examination Inspection Vulva (external, primary female sexual organs). Vagina (vagina) Cervix uteri (cervix), or portio (cervix; transition … Polymenorrhea: Examination
Genetics, also called heredity, is the study of genes, their variations, and heredity within an organism. It is divided into three subgroups: Classical genetics, molecular genetics, and epigenetics. Classical genetics Classical genetics is the oldest field in genetics. This traces its origins to Gregor Mendel, who described the process of inheritance of monogenic hereditary traits … Genetics
Tube gastrectomy (synonyms: sleeve gastrectomy; SG) is a surgical procedure in bariatric surgery. Sleeve gastrectomy may be offered for obesity with a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 or greater with one or more obesity-associated comorbidities when conservative therapy has been exhausted. In contrast to other bariatric procedures (bariatric surgery) such as gastric banding, greater weight reduction … Tube Stomach Surgery
Dietary intolerances (intolerance reactions) are divided into toxic and nontoxic reactions. Food intolerance (synonym: food intolerance, NMU) is referred to as a “nontoxic reaction” or “hypersensitivity.” This is the generic term for food allergies (food allergies), enzymatic intolerances and pseudoallergies (“pharmacological intolerances and intolerances to food additives” ). All three intolerance reactions lead to different … Dietary Intolerance Reactions: Food Allergies and Intolerances
In sialadenitis (thesaurus synonyms: Sialoadenitis; salivary gland inflammation; inflammation of a salivary gland; abscess of the sublingual glands; abscess of the submandibular glands; abscess of the salivary gland duct; adenitis of the salivary glands; adenitis of the salivary gland duct; acute parotitis; acute sialadenitis; chronic parotitis; chronic sialadenitis; suppuration of the salivary gland duct; purulent … Salivary Gland Inflammation (Sialadenitis)
The following symptoms and complaints may indicate prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate): Pain or discomfort with punctum maximum in the perineal area. Radiation in the direction of the testicles or penis Occasionally also pain continuation in the area of the urinary bladder, rectum and back Pain during urination (alguria) (40%). Pain associated with ejaculation (ejaculatory … Prostatitis (Prostate Inflammation): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs
Pedography (synonyms: electropedography; foot pressure measurement) is an electronic measurement of the feet, which is used for static and dynamic pressure distribution under the soles as well as for gait analysis. Specific complaints or pain in the area of the foot in particular are often not adequately recorded in clinical observation and conventional gait analysis, … Pedography
Surgery for early childhood strabismus should be performed only after occlusion treatment (alternate bonding of the eyes so that the squinting eye also retains its vision) has been successfully performed. Timing of surgery: Early surgery in infancy, two to three years of age, supports the development of binocular vision (binocular vision). Later surgery in the … Strabismus (Crossed Eyes): Surgical Therapy
Consequential diseases or complications of bubonic plague (bubonic plague) Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99). Spontaneous opening of the bubo(s)-inward as well as outward-with pathogen seeding: pneumonic plague and involvement of other organs are possible Plague sepsis Consequential diseases or complications of pneumonic plague Cardiovascular system (I00-I99). Cardiovascular failure, shock Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99). Plague … Plague: Complications
Pathogenesis (development of disease) More than 95% of all malignancies of the penis are squamous cell carcinomas (PEK). Premalignant changes/preliminary stages of PEK. Obligate precancerous lesions (precancerous lesions): high risk (approximately 10%) of developing penile carcinoma Cutaneous keratinization of the penis Penile intraepithelial neoplasia (carcinoma in situ) Bowenoid papulosis of the penis (occurs mainly in … Penile Cancer: Causes
Pathogenesis (disease development) Primary gastroesophageal reflux disease. The following physiologic mechanisms may contribute to reflux disease: Aggressive gastric juice Impaired self-cleaning powers of the esophagus (food pipe). Insufficiency (weakness) lower esophageal sphincter (lower sphincter of the esophagus) (about 20% of cases are due to anatomical and functional changes). Delayed gastric emptying Change in the anatomical … Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Causes
Lipoprotein (a) elevation is not primarily noticed by symptoms but is detected by laboratory testing.