Month: May 2020

What is Ehlers-Danlo Syndrome? Ehlers syndrome – Danlo (skin hyperelasticity, “loose” joints, “Indian gutta-percha man”) – a disease inherited in an autosomal dominant type due to a primary defect in collagen synthesis. Symptoms of Ehlers

Treatment only for joint damage – the most striking and most disturbing patient manifestation of the disease, does not produce results and contributes to the protracted and chronic course of the disease. The use of

What is Reiter’s Syndrome (Disease)? Reiter’s syndrome (illness) is a combined lesion of the genitourinary organs (usually in the form of nonspecific urethroprostatitis), joints (reactive oligo or monoarthritis) and the eye (conjunctivitis), developing simultaneously or

The Clinical Picture Xerophthalmia, i.e., dry eye itself, associated with insufficient tear formation, usually serves as the first sign of illness. Patients complain of dry eyes, a foreign body (“sand”), burning, itching, pain, discomfort when