Acne is a skin disease that affects the sebaceous glands and is often made visible by abnormalities in the skin such as blackheads and pustules.
Acne is a disease that affects the sebaceous glands. In a nutshell, too much sebum (skin fat) is produced, the sebum producing glands become congested, and they may become infected by a bacteria, the Propionibacterium acnes.
Acne can be identified by the presence of various skin changes, such as comedones (also called blackheads), skin nodules (also called papula), pustules, and lumps. Acne often occurs during puberty due to hormonal influences and is more frequent with boys. Moreover it is associated with a higher familial incidence. Despite popular beliefs, acne is not a problem of bad hygiene.
Certain forms of acne can leave unsightly scars behind, which may impact the patient. Early treatment can prevent or partly alleviate this issue. Treatment aims to clear the ducts of sebaceous glands, reduce the production of sebum, and to relieve inflammation from abnormalities in the skin by fighting certain bacteria of the skin. Treatment usually takes a long time and in extreme cases should be implemented by a skin doctor (dermatologist).
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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