Focus: Exciting patient stories
On this page you will find a collection of exciting patient stories from the University Medical Center Freiburg that have been published in the last two years.
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05/14/2019,
Donating blood saves lives
Why are blood donations needed? They not only benefit accident victims, but also many other seriously ill patients at the Freiburg University Medical Center. One example shows how blood donations saved the life of a young man with blood cancer. Read more
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06/20/2018,
"Fire in the head": Severe psychosis triggered by a rare cause
A young woman's life is slipping away from her: Aggression, memory lapses, delusions. The initial diagnosis: schizophrenia. At Freiburg University Hospital, the doctors find the real cause and cure the patient / Netflix shows a similar case Read more
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02/28/2018,
Strong in the fight against rare diseases
Rare Disease Day will be celebrated for the tenth time on February 28. Three positive patient examples at the University Medical Center Freiburg show that more and more patients are benefiting from effective therapies. Read more
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01/22/2018,
Cause of foul body odor discovered
Two siblings suffer from cabbage-like body odor - no one knows why. The family turns to the University Medical Center Freiburg. After 20 years of research, the researchers decipher the cause - which could affect many people. Read more
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05/03/2017,
Skin graft after scalding with spaetzle water
Three-year-old Felix helps his parents in the hotel kitchen. He scalds himself with boiling spaetzle water. The plastic surgeons at Freiburg University Hospital spent many years fighting the consequences - with great success. Read more
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02/28/2017,
Researching and treating rare diseases across Europe
The Freiburg Center for Rare Diseases is involved in 10 of 23 European reference networks. The aim is to improve the treatment and care of patients with rare diseases. Three patient examples are encouraging. Read more
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01/23/2017,
A strong immune system for the farm
Felix has been suffering from sometimes life-threatening infections since birth. At the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, the doctors are finally able to cure the ten-year-old - and make him fit for his parents' farm. Read more
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10/28/2016,
Rescue after 20 minutes under water
A young man suddenly collapses while swimming. When he is brought to the surface 20 minutes later and resuscitated, nobody suspects that he will soon be talking and walking again - thanks in part to intensive care doctors at Freiburg University Hospital. Read more
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09/23/2016,
Vascular surgery after hysterical seizure
After a young woman had an argument with her boyfriend, she felt signs of a nervous breakdown and went to the emergency room. However, it was not sedatives but vascular surgery that was supposed to remedy the life-threatening cause. Read more
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09/09/2016,
Happy ending to a swimming accident
After a vacation in Egypt, the patient had difficulty opening his right eye and sometimes saw double. During the examination at the Freiburg University Medical Center, the doctors discovered what had literally "gone into his eye". Read more
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08/11/2016,
Special surgery saves young man after train accident
Through the mouth to the spine: trauma surgeons and facial surgeons at the University Medical Center Freiburg saved a young man from paraplegia with an unusual operation. Read more
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07/20/2016,
Mysterious swellings on legs and bottom
The patient has had painful swelling in his arms, legs and buttocks for a long time. As a result, he can no longer even do his office job. When it turns out that this is the cause, the doctors are finally able to help him. Read more
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06/30/2016,
An operation against voices in the head
The patient actually leads a completely normal life. But he regularly hears screams and music that no one else can hear. Professor Andreas Schulze-Bonhage succeeds in curing the patient with a precisely planned brain operation. Read more
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05/31/2016,
Small patient with sudden paralysis
Seynep's first signs of paralysis appeared almost overnight. One month later, the girl was in a wheelchair. But the doctors at the Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency recognized that medication alone could not cure the child: Medication alone cannot cure the child. Read more
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04/27/2016,
Dizziness attack after a hearty meal
A patient is repeatedly plagued by restlessness and shortness of breath. He even faints several times. Allergy tests are negative; until doctors at Freiburg University Hospital prepare a very special meal for him. Read more
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04/08/2016,
Life-threatening cysts and great luck
When Elena was eight months old, cysts were removed from her neck for the first time - further abscesses and operations followed. The parents only found out much later that these were the first symptoms of a life-threatening immunodeficiency. Read more
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03/07/2016,
Step by step against cancer
The patient's attention is drawn to the skin change by a scratched area on his back. The diagnosis of 'black skin cancer' is quickly made. But unlike in the past, doctors today have ways of treating the cancer specifically. Read more
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01/29/2016,
Rescue for the little firefighter
The doctors were unable to find a cause for three-year-old Max's constant diarrhea and the boy became increasingly apathetic. Time was running out and his chances of survival were dwindling. Then what was supposed to be a miracle for Max happened. Read more