Listeriosis is an infectious disease that is caused by food that is contaminated with a bacterium called "Listeria monocytogenes.” Patients show flu-like symptoms and sometimes even develop meningitis. Listeriosis especially affects those with weak immune systems, very old people, pregnant women, or newborns. A prompt antibiotic treatment is necessary.
Listeriosis is a foodborne bacterial infection. The bacterium is called listeria monocytogenes and exists in the soil and water. It can contaminate food, especially raw food like soft cheese and it can even survive at the low temperatures of a refrigerator.
Listeriosis mainly affects people with weaker immune systems, for example older people, pregnant women and newborns. Patients infected with listeriosis may have symptoms including nausea and vomiting, fever and chills, stomach problems and headache. Sometimes they may develop septicemia or meningitis.
As listeriosis is a foodborne infection, there are some hygiene-related tips to prevent it. For example: 1) avoiding raw food such raw milk and raw cheese, 2) heating up the food or leftovers that are stored in the refrigerator before eating and 3) always washing food before eating. Because Listeriosis is a bacterial infection, the treatment is with antibiotics.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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