A vaccine cure for acne?
The treatment of acne vulgaris - a common affliction for many teenagers, but also for some adults - mainly uses retinoids and antibiotics. However, not all patients tolerate such treatments well (if...
Osteoporosis: another life-threatening skin disease?
Osteoporosis (a.k.a. melanoderma), or dark spots appearing on the skin, can occur suddenly. One, second, third spot and .... we start to notice a problem. What exactly is chloasma? How do you deal...
Seborrhoea: what are its causes and how to deal with it?
Generally speaking,seborrhoea is associated with excessive sebum production by the sebaceous glands. In certain periods of life - e.g. shortly after birth and during puberty - seborrhoea is even...
Psoriasis and the Mediterranean diet
Psoriasis is a chronic disease in which skin lesions are the primary problem. A variety of treatments are used in patients with this condition - both topical (e.g. exfoliating preparations) and...
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - are you familiar with it?
Genetic diseases pose a major challenge to doctors - unfortunately, medicine is currently unable to completely cure genetic diseases by 'repairing' damaged genes or chromosomes. The only option is...
Working on a blood test that can detect melanoma
Melanoma - considered the most dangerous of the various malignant skin tumours - is currently diagnosed by a histopathological examination of tissue material taken from the patient. However, it is...
Nail diseases: types
Typically, women are interested in the appearance of nails, but in reality, they should be looked at by ... every man. In fact, it turns out that there are more nail diseases than one could...
Beware of the sun - which sunscreen to choose?
Summer is in full swing - it's time to think about protecting our skin. The right sunscreen not only ensures an even tan, but above all protects us from sunburn and other negative effects of UV...
Vitamin D deficiency can promote baldness
Vitamin D and vitamin D deficiency have been talked about more and more for some time - the reason being, for example, how many people are found to have too little of it in their bodies. Mood...
Cracked blood vessels (spider veins) on the body: causes
Spider veins and broken capillaries are in fact colloquial terms used to describe telangiectasias, i.e. dilatations of tiny blood vessels close to the skin. They can occur in anyone and at any age,...
One skin bacteria may protect against skin cancer
Skin bacteria are primarily known for causing various diseases, but scientists are discovering more and more beneficial effects of these organisms on human organisms. The University of California San...
Pyoderma gangrenosum - what is it?
Pyoderma gangrenosum, or pyoderma gangrenosum, is categorised as an infectious disease that damages vessels due to a so-called neutrophilic infiltration. Pyoderma gangrenosum often accompanies...
Urticaria in adults
Urticaria is a syndrome of disease manifested by the appearance of characteristic blisters accompanied by pruritus. It affects more than 20% of the population, at least once in their lifetime....
Why do itching, swelling and redness of the skin occur after a mosquito bite?
We don't like mosquitoes because, through their bites, redness, swelling and above all - and this is usually the most bothersome - severe itching appear on our skin. But why do these reactions occur...
Response to low temperature
For many years, research has been conducted into the potential of storing tissues and organs at sufficiently low temperatures so that they retain their function. This is of particular relevance to...
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia - how to live with this disease?
We speak of rare diseases when they occur in one person out of several million sufferers. Genetic diseases can occur at different times in life - sudden, spontaneous mutations occur as a result of...
Dandruff - is it dangerous ?
Dandruff - probably all of us have had to deal with it at least once. Change of shampoo, conditioner, stress - many factors contribute to the appearance of white flakes. However, apart from...
What's new about sarcoidosis?
Sarcoidosis - a disease of many names, of undetermined aetiology and often asymptomatic. It is a granulomatous disease (in which granulomas are formed). A typical sarcomatoid granuloma is a compact...
Skin manifestations of diseases of the digestive system
Skin changes are the most visible alarm signals for human beings, telling about the disease process taking place in the human body. This also applies to developing digestive system diseases, which...
The place of Medical US examination in dermatology
MedicalUS examination is an imaging procedure that is used successfully by many areas of medicine. Dermatology, too, makes use of Medical US in the diagnosis and evaluation of many diseases. With the...
