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Field of competence of your dermatologist
Medical services
Your dermatologist is a specialist for all skin and sexually transmitted diseases. He has an extensive additional training in this field and comprehensive special knowledge. Due to participating in professional developments trainings, he always posseses the latest knowledge in the field of dermatologic research. Your dermatologist can provide you with a reliable consultation about the skin, which is the biggest human organ. You can ask questions about treatment, diagnostics and prevention of skin diseases and disease of its adnexa, such as hair and nails, questions about chosing a profession, about the influence of environmental substances.
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Also on the matters of skin rehabilitation or skin protection, your dermatologist is your contact person. Due to his special knowledge, he is very well qualified to explain to you all possibilities of correction and cosmetic disturbing skin changes and to perform these corrections.
Your dermatologist can distinguish between often similar looking diseases of the skin, and start the correct therapy.
Additional qualification is a guarantee that you will get a differentiated clarification in the queries about symptoms of allergy.
For treating venous diseases, (phlebology) additional knowledge is also required, which is guaranteed by acquiring additional qualifications.
In the filed of laser medicine, an abbreviation D.A.L.M. (Diploma of aesthetic laser medicine) is a quality criteria
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The spectre of diseases that are treated by a dermatologist:
- Inflammatory and allergic skin diseases, such as psoriasis, neurodermitis, nettle rash (urticaria), professional eczema, environmental damage, hey fever, diseases of the mouth, rectum and or the genetalia ( warts of the mucous membrane) haemorrhoids
- Congenital defects of the skin such as all kinds of moles, hemangioma in newborns
- Benign and malignant skin tumours (skin cancer)
- Hornifications and other dysfunctions of the skin and cutaneous glands such as acne, excessive sweat secretion, very dry skin
- Diseases of the hair and nails
- Venous diseases (varicose veins, open veins)
- Infections of the skin and mucous membrane through mushrooms, bacteria, and viruses (athlete's foot, abscesses, warts, herpes, and zoster)
- Diseases caused by skin parasites(lice, ticks, scabies)
- Age changes of the skin such as development of wrinkles, age warts, pigmentary abnormalities, itching) – sexual disorders and disorders of procreation in men
- Sexually transmitted diseases (syphilis, gonorrhea, AIDS)
- Skin changes in the case of internal diseases (blood circulation disorder, diabetes)
- Side effects of medications
Explanation of terms
Allergology – allergic diseases of the skin and mucous membrane
Andrology – male health
Dermatology - skin diseases
Histology –miscroscpic examination of skin and tissue biopsies
Phlebology – diseases of veins
Proctology –diseases of rectum
Venerology- sexually transmitted diseases
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