Diagnosis & treatment - page 7

It is no surprise that more and more people are going to Germany for treatment. This country attracts surplus funding in the development and research of medicine. Germany ranks third in the world among the countries with the highest life expectancy and this is a direct merit of the country’s healthcare system. The cost of medical treatment in Germany depends on many factors.

Visual information undergoes complex processing before it can turn into a clear picture. The optic nerve is largely responsible for this process. Unfortunately, it can atrophy due to various pathological processes. Currently, there are no treatments in medicine that would completely cure degenerative diseases of the optic nerve.

Melanoma immunotherapy is an innovative method of systemic therapy that complements the conventional protocol at all stages of the disease and can significantly increase treatment success rates. In German hospitals, doctors actively use this type of treatment in the early stages of melanoma to prevent a recurrence...

Cryoablation (cryotherapy) is a method of ultra-fast freezing of tissue in order to destroy it. The technique is used in oncology, most commonly for kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and metastatic liver cancer. It can also be used for other types of cancer as a palliative procedure that partially destroys the tumor and relieves symptoms.

Neurosurgical rehabilitation is a complex medical process that involves therapeutic and pedagogical measures aimed at restoring the patient’s work capacity or the ability for self-care after neurosurgical procedures. Operations on the spinal cord or brain performed to remove tumors or treat strokes, injuries, and other conditions... 

Immune system is one of the most complicated and poorly studied among other system  of the human body. Nonetheless, German doctors learned how to detect and treat many diseases of immune  system. Immune status can be  checked with the laboratory methods. Immune status of a person  represents  functional and...

Phimosis is the impossibility of retracting the foreskin from around the glans penis. This is a normal physiological condition in young boys, as it protects the penis and the external urethral opening from trauma and infections. As a rule, physiological phimosis goes away on its own during the first few years of a boy's life.

Many diseases, even with a timely and high quality treatment, are still accompanied by side effects. These can be movement disorders, loss of coordination, speech and mental disorders, deterioration of appearance, and many other residual effects. Rehabilitative measures are used to eliminate, reduce, or compensate them.