Hyperprolactinemia: what to do?

Prolactin (PRL) is a hormone, normally produced by the pituitary gland, whose function is to stimulate milk production in pregnant women and to prevent further pregnancy during the early stages of lactation;hyperprolactinemia is that condition characterized by blood values of prolactin above normal.
This condition is often accompanied by anovulatory and menstrual cycle disorders (in women) and loss of libido and potency (in men).

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Hypertensive emergency: what to do?

Hypertensive emergency is characterized by an acute rise in blood pressure to dangerous values or in patients at risk. The most frequent emergency situations are related to several symptoms: Hypertensive

Are our toilet habits normal?

Does it often happen that you have to get up during the night to urinate? Is the “hesitant bladder” a real thing? And when should one seek medical attention?

Hip replacement and restorative surgery

The total hip replacement, consisting of a spherical shaped part and a socket, is made of metal or even can be made of a type of ceramic or plastic (polyethylene) and has several components, including the hip ball itself.

The Holiday Decalogue – Podcast My Special Doctor

A new My Special Doctor podcast With some useful pointers for upcoming vacations. Podcast Holiday Decalogue (click to listen to the podcast) When can the infant begin to travel? There

Heart attack (or stroke)

A heart attack occurs when the blood supply is severely reduced or interrupted. Symptoms include tightness and pain in the center of the chest, pain radiating to the shoulders, neck,

Maybe I had the Covid and didn’t realize it.

Maybe I had the Covid and didn't realize it.

Artificial skin with superpowers thanks to nanotechnology

A new type of sensor could lead to the creation of a skin type artificial that can help burn victims and better protect certain categories of citizens who are particularly

The risk of fungal infections in swimming pools

In places such as swimming pools, fungal infections are very common because of the large number of people in the water, but also because of certain favorable conditions such as higher levels of humidity and temperatures.

Painful sexual intercourse (Dyspareunia): what to know and what to do

Described as persistent or recurrent genital pain that occurs sometimes before, sometimes during, or even after intercourse, a condition sometimes due to various vaginal problems, sometimes due to psychological problems.

Headache and Covid 19

In fact, patients with COVID 19 may present with various neurological symptoms, and among these, one of the most common is headaches.

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Dyspareunia

Dyspareunia is defined as persistent genital pain that occurs in women shortly before or during intercourse and sometimes still present after intercourse has ended. Painful intercourse can occur for reasons

Pituitary tumor

Tumors of the Hypophysis (or pituitary gland) are a group of predominantly benign neoplasms affecting a small structure located in the center of the brain, posterior to the root of

Cushing’s disease

“Disease” or “Cushing’s syndrome,” sometimes referred to as “hypercortisolism,” is a condition characterized by a variable set of characteristic symptoms induced by the body’s exposure to excessive levels of glucocorticoids

Menopause

Menopause is a physiological event that affects all women in the age range of 46 to 53 years and corresponds to the gradual loss of ovarian function and, therefore, the

Metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is not really a disease, but a complex condition defined by the simultaneous presence of known cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity (especially of the “central” type, i.e.,

Hirsutism and virilization

Hirsutism is a condition that primarily affects women and consists of the growth of dark hairs in skin areas in which significant hair is normally present only in adult men,

Overweight and obesity

Far from being a mere cosmetic problem, overweight and obesity are an established risk factor for the development of number of metabolic (foremost among them diabetes), acute cardiovascular (such as

Goiter thyroid volume

Goiter corresponds to the more or less bulky, protruding swelling that appears in the central anterior part of the neck mainly in people who are iodine-deficient for prolonged periods, due

Diabetes and hypoglycemic syndromes

Diabetes or, more precisely, “diabetes mellitus” is a complex metabolic disease in which there is an increase in blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) resulting from insufficient insulin production by the Langerhans

Basedow’s disease

Basedow’s disease, also known as Basedow-Graves disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland and results in the typical symptoms of hyperthyroidism, ophthalmopathy/exophthalmos, and dermopathy. Basedow’s disease can

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