Waldkliniken Eisenberg
Department of Internal Medicine
Our department is mainly focused on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the respiratory tract and metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus).
We also have special expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with digestive disorders and diseases of the abdominal organs.
In many cases, we treat these diseases endoscopically, i.e. without having to perform an operation. This enables us to eliminate stones from the biliary tract, to remove certain polyps and tumours in the stomach or colon, or to stop bleeding.
Chief physician Dr. Antje Meixner
Chief physician Dr. Antje Meixner
Dr. Antje Meixner has been Chief Physician at the Clinic for Internal Medicine at the Waldkliniken Eisenberg since 1 July 2022.
Dr. Meixner has already been working with us as a senior physician since June 2021. She is a specialist in internal medicine with additional qualifications in diabetology and geriatrics. After completing her medical studies in 2006, she worked as a doctor of internal medicine at the "Bergfried" rehabilitation clinic in Saalfeld. In 2008, she moved to the Thuringia Clinics "Georgius Agricola" in Rudolstadt. In 2014, Dr. Antje Meixner was Senior Physician and from 2018 until her move she was Senior Consultant at the Clinic for Geriatrics.
Her credo is: "In addition to the comprehensive medical care of our patients, with respectful and empathetic treatment, good interdisciplinary teamwork is also important to me. I am sure that our clinic for internal medicine will continue to be and remain a guarantee for the care of our patients in the Saale-Holzland district."
Secretariat:
036691 - 8 1213
Our team of doctors
Contact
Consultation hours: outpatient clinic for internal medicine / gastroenterology
Consultation hours: outpatient clinic for internal medicine / gastroenterology
Tue: from 7.30 - 11.00 a.m. and 1.30 - 4.00 p.m.
Wed: from 7.30 - 11.00 a.m.
Thurs: from 7.30 - 10.30 a.m.
Telephone appointments during office hours
Telephone: 036691 8-1250
E-mail: ambulanz-innere(at)waldkliniken-eisenberg.de
Fax: 036691 8-1209
The spectrum of the specialist outpatient clinic includes the following examinations:
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Abdominal sonography
Stroke
Stroke
Fibrinolytic therapy for stroke
In the event of a stroke, every minute counts: In order to treat patients in our region as quickly as possible and close to home, we carry out fibrinolytic therapy in the case of acute cerebral infarctions.
This involves administering drugs to dissolve blood clots in the brain, which are responsible for causing a stroke. Here, we work closely with our intensive care ward and the radiology department (with a CT scanner available all around the clock).
Providing treatment in good time reduces the risk of damage to the brain with consequential impairments such as speech disorders and paralysis. It is therefore important that an emergency doctor is contacted and the patient is transferred to hospital as quickly as possible – the latest studies suggest a period of three to a maximum of 4.5 hours after occurrence of the typical symptoms, such as speech impairments, visual disturbances, dizziness, headaches, nausea, paralysis or confusion.
Examination methods:
Beside fibrinolytic therapy, we offer all of the usual standard procedures for further diagnosis and risk assessment: laboratory, echocardiography, ECG, long-term ECG, duplex sonography, CT and MRI.
Apart from this, we treat our patients with pharmacotherapy, physiotherapy and ergotherapy, as well as all of the necessary rehabilitation measures.
Treatment measures:
- Mobilisation, deficit-orientated physiotherapy
- Speech therapy and ergotherapy (restoration of cognitive functions)
- Swallowing training
- Adjustment to anticoagulant medication
- Possible supply of additional aids (walking frame, crutches)
- Social support, initiation of rehabilitative measures
Diseases of the digestive tract
Diseases of the digestive tract
Possible diseases:
- Gastritis (inflammation of the gastric mucosa)
- Duodenitis (inflammation of the duodenal mucosa)
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
- Colitis (inflammation of the large intestine)
- Biliary tract diseases
- Liver diseases
- Tumour diagnostics
Possible examination methods:
- Physical examination
- Blood and stool tests
- Gastroscopy (endoscopic examination of the stomach)
- Coloscopy (endoscopic examination of the intestines)
- X-ray
- CT
- MRI
- Ultrasound examinations, contrast-medium ultrasound examinations
- ERCP (endoscopic examination of the biliary tract and removal of stones)
- Ultrasound-assisted punctures
Possible treatment measures:
- Dietary measures
- Adjustment to gastroprotective, acid-inhibitory medication
- Gastroscopic or coloscopic interventions (e.g. to stop bleeding or treat ulcers, oesophageal varicose veins; removal of polyps as cancer prophylaxis)
- Emergency endoscopies Ascites punctures (removal of abdominal fluid)
- Enemas with anti-inflammatory medication
- Initiation of immunosuppressant (inhibitory) therapy with cortisone, MTX or azathioprine and, if necessary, with TNF-alpha antibodies in the case of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Possible diseases:
- Myocardial infarction
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Heart failure
- Pulmonary embolism
- Hypertension
- Angina pectoris
Possible examination methods:
- Physical examination
- ECG at rest and during exercise
- Monitoring
- Blood tests, e.g. blood lipids
- Ultrasound of the heart, including transoesophageal echocardiography and so-called stress echo with medication
- Long-term ECG – and blood pressure measurement
- Short-term organisation of a cardiac catheter examination
- Sleep apnoea screening
Possible treatment measures:
- Fibrinolytic therapy (dissolution of a blood clot)
- Physiotherapeutic mobilisation and gradual increase in exercise
- Adjustment to anticoagulant medication
- Surgical treatment (bypass, stent, widening of the vessels by means of cardiac catheter) – transfer (treatment not given in our hospital)
- Temporary and permanent cardiac pacemaker therapy, implantation of a defibrillator
- Electrical cardioversion to treat cardiac arrhythmias
- Pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias
- Non-invasive ventilation
Diseases of the respiratory tract
Diseases of the respiratory tract
Possible diseases:
- Pneumonia / Inflammation of the lungs
- COPD
- Bronchial asthma
- Emphysema
- Sarcoidosis
- Lung cancer
Possible examination methods:
- X-ray, CT, MRI
- Bronchoscopy (endoscopic examination of the airways) with lavage, cytology
- Spirometry (testing of lung function)
- Pleural puncture
Possible treatment measures:
- In the case of respiratory insufficiency, we offer all types of ventilation: CPAP, non-invasive ventilation, high-flow oxygen therapy
- Pleural puncture, drainage
- Inhalation therapy
- Breathing exercises, secretion mobilisation
Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography
Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography
Echocardiography, alongside the electrocardiogram, belongs to the most important non-invasive methods for examining the heart.
In our Department of Internal Medicine, we have the necessary equipment at our disposal to carry out ultrasound examinations on the heart and we generally make recommendations for treatment to accompany the findings.
- Stress echo
- Contrast medium echo
Waldkliniken Eisenberg
Gastroenterology
We specialize in one of the most important areas of internal medicine. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the associated organs of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas are multifaceted and the diagnosis, treatment and prevention are our wide-ranging area of expertise. For many years, we have been offering patients the opportunity to diagnose and treat digestive disorders and diseases of the abdominal organs endoscopically, i.e. without surgery. For example, we can remove stones from the bile duct, remove certain polyps and tumors from the stomach or colon or stop bleeding.
With the new specialist outpatient clinic for internal medicine / gastroenterology, we can now also offer the outpatient treatment spectrum.
Outpatient clinic for internal medicine / gastroenterology
Telephone: 036691 8 1250
Our specialist outpatient clinic is managed by our senior physician Sibylle Popp. As a specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology, she has the proven expertise for the specialist outpatient clinic at the Waldkliniken Eisenberg. Together with her team in the internal medicine department, she will offer the following treatments in addition to the endoscopic examinations mentioned above:
Gastroscopy (gastroscopy)
This examines the upper part of the digestive tract. The oesophagus, stomach (gaster) and duodenum can be viewed with the help of a gastroscope and biopsies (small tissue samples) can be taken from the mucous membrane for diagnosis. Foreign bodies or polyps can also be removed and constrictions (stenoses) or bleeding can be treated minimally invasively.
(Preventive) colonoscopy (colonoscopy)
The lower part of the digestive tract, the large intestine and part of the small intestine are examined. This examination is on the one hand an examination to clarify symptoms (e.g. blood in the stool, tumor detection, suspected chronic inflammatory bowel disease, etc.) and on the other hand it serves as a preventive measure. From the age of 50 and if there is a family history of bowel cancer, this screening can also be carried out regularly from the age of 20. After appropriate preparation (bowel cleansing the evening before and in the morning at home using a special laxative), the patient is examined with a flexible colonoscope under short anesthesia on the day of the examination. Benign changes such as protrusions (diverticula), polyps, inflammations and malignant changes (bowel cancer) are easily recognizable. Biospies can be taken for further diagnosis and treatment recommendations, polyps are removed immediately. Bleeding can also be stopped and constrictions (stenoses) treated.
Abdominal sonography (abdominal ultrasound)
Abdominal sonography (abdominal ultrasound)
This non-invasive (external) examination method is used to clarify various symptoms such as abdominal pain, weight loss and jaundice. The liver, gallbladder, pancreas, large vessels, intestines, kidneys and urinary organs can be assessed. The abdomen is scanned externally with an ultrasound probe, risk-free and pain-free.
In our specialist outpatient clinic, we not only have professional treatment methods and modern equipment at our disposal, but also always have the whole person in mind: This in-depth understanding is the basis for the best possible care and for a trusting relationship between doctor and patient.