Focus

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Focal infection; Hearth infection

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Localized, mostly bacterial inflammation. A focus, even if clinically dumb, can "scatter" and thereby pathologically change the organism.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Mainly teeth, mouth, jaw area, tonsils, middle ear, sinuses, female genitals, prostate, gall bladder (rare)

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Especially endo-, myo-, pericarditis; acute diffuse glomerulonephritis, iridocyclitis, chorioiditis, retinitis, erythema nodosum, erythema exsudativum multiforme, Id reaction, chronic urticaria, eruptive-exanthematic forms of psoriasis, etc.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer