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SARS is the abbreviation for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and means in German severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. It is an infectious disease that is triggered by viruses. SARS first appeared in China in 2002.
A few years ago, nerve inflammation or neuritis represented a long path of suffering for the patient because the majority of those affected had no visible physical impairment. Only with the development of modern
The pseudoparalysis characterizes a paralysis that is not based on a disturbance of the nerve conductivity.There are several forms of pseudoparalysis. Your treatment depends on the cause.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral and highly contagious infectious disease that is often epidemic, especially in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The disease mainly affects children and manifests itself mainly in fever and painful
With 400,000 people in Germany, significantly fewer people suffer from the autoimmune disease, which is also known as type 1 diabetes mellitus, than type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral disease that is widespread around the world. Birds and poultry are mainly affected by this. However, especially in Asia, several hundred people have also contracted the bird flu.
A pandemic is the spread of a disease over a very large area. The real flu (influenza) occurs as a pandemic about every 25 to 30 years. Vaccinations, clean drinking water and physical hygiene are some of the important tools
West Nile fever is a mostly harmless infectious disease. Medical measures usually only serve to combat symptoms.
Rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis are terms for a rheumatic disease. Rheumatism can also be divided into inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases.
Tinea or dermatophytoses are infectious diseases that are caused by certain fungi and mainly affect the skin, but also hair and the fingernails and toenails.
Ophthalmia neonatorum is conjunctivitis of the eye in babies. It is also known as neonatal conjunctivitis.
Neck stiffness, also called meningism, describes a painful restriction of movement or inability of the cervical spine to move. This is caused by a reflex tension to important structures of the spinal cord and the
The head fungus (tinea capitis) is an infection of the skin with so-called dermatophytes (skin fungi). The head fungus occurs mainly in children. It is assumed here that their immune system is not yet fully developed and therefore susceptible to the pathogen
Although the plague no longer occurs in Germany today, it is still known to almost everyone through its history. The plague epidemics of the Middle Ages in particular got stuck in people's minds. In some countries it happens
Enterocolitis is a simultaneous inflammation of the small intestine and large intestine. A distinction is made between different forms.
Again and again people of different age groups and sexes suffer from inflammatory processes in the intestine, which is colloquially referred to as intestinal inflammation. Many people experience this condition more often in life.
Inflammation of the gallbladder wall is called gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis). The most common cause here are existing gallstones. In this case, one speaks of acute gallbladder inflammation. Typical signs
Bladder inflammation, urinary bladder inflammation or cystitis are the various names for an infection or inflammation of the bladder or urinary tract. Mostly women suffer from this disease. Typical signs of a bladder infection are pain
Inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovarian inflammation (medical: adnexitis) are serious diseases in the gynecological field. The inflammation is often caused by bacterial infections. The disease can be acute or chronic
The physician understands agoraphobia to be a mental disorder or phobia. The person concerned is afraid of not being able to escape from an everyday situation (for example in the S-Bahn or at the hairdresser's). This fearful situation then ends