Kaposi’s disease: what is it?

Kaposi’s sarcoma is a rare type of cancer caused by a virus, called HHV8, belonging to the herpes virus family. It can affect both the skin and internal organs.

Approximately 30-40% of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who are not treated with so-called antiretroviral drugs are likely to develop Kaposi’s sarcoma and/or lymphomas during the course of the disease. Kaposi’s sarcoma can also occur in people with weakened immune systems or a genetic predisposition.

In industrialized countries, it is 2000 times more common in people with HIV than in the general population. In the United States of America (USA) and Europe, the prevalence (prevalence) of Kaposi’s sarcoma, in men with AIDS, varies from 1% in hemophiliacs to 21% in homosexuals, if they are not treated with the now widely available HIV therapies.

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Chronic respiratory diseases: knowing them is the key to treating them better

In the months from October to March, airway diseases are the order of the day for just about everyone, regardless of age, lifestyle habits and general health condition. Blame the

Ankle and foot injury

It is difficult to explain the difference between a dislocation of an ankle and a fracture. It is important that the injury be considered a fracture no matter what. It

Gynecological problems related to frigidity

Before investigating the possible psychological and emotional causes of this condition, it is important to consider the possible underlying clinical causes.

What is sexual identity?

Sexual identity is a construct that indicates how a person experiences pleasure, feeling, relating to others, and how they act out their sexuality through behavioral choices, and is directly influenced

The pathologies of the hip

Hip disorders are disorders that affect the hip joint, which looks like a kind of ball inserted into a structure that allows the thigh to be able to move in multiple directions and helps the hips to support the weight of the body.

Goals of physical training in cardiac rehabilitation

Cardiac rehabilitation according to a currently accepted definition in Europe, the United States and Canada is “the sum total of interventions carried out on the patient to ensure the best

Gastrointestinal disorders

In pediatric age, gastrointestinal disorders are almost the order of the day.

Vacations after Covid; what will they be like?

Since we have to learn to live with this "unwelcome guest" (which means reorganizing our lives by including its presence) vacations must also take it into account.

Acute abdomen: what to do?

At the time the acute abdomen occurs, surgical intervention is necessary. Abdominal pain is of different types depending on the etiology. General symptoms are visceral pain, pain from the peritoneum-parietal,

The electric shock

When electrical energy, by mistake or accident, reaches the body by traveling through it in several parts, electric shock occurs.

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Food allergies and intolerances

Physical reactions to certain foods are common, but for the most part they are caused by afood intolerance rather than a food allergy. A food intolerance can cause some of

Acne

The term acne is derived from the Greek word acmé or acné, meaning foam or summit, and denotes a skin disease that is widespread in the young population, characterized by

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition characterized by the appearance of characteristic thickened, flaky, inflamed patches on well-defined, more or less extensive skin areas. The disease affects 0.1-3.0% of the

Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) worldwide, in both sexes, starting as early as adolescence; if not recognized and treated appropriately quickly, it can lead

Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a skin disease with unknown causes, characterized by the presence of skin patches that are lighter in color (or completely devoid of pigmentation) than the typical coloration of

Genital herpes

Genital herpes is the most common sexually transmitted infectious disease characterized by ulceration in the population. It can affect both men and women (more often), is transmitted by direct contact

Peyronie’s or curved penis disease

Peyronie ‘s disease is a condition resulting from an abnormality of the penis due to fibrous scar tissue that appears on the penis changing its shape during erection, which becomes

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are vascular structures of the anus and lower rectum that serve to maintain fecal continence. If they become swollen or inflamed, they become pathological and cause a syndrome known

Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum and characterized by three successive stages of increasing severity (primary, secondary, and advanced syphilis), with slow and

Kaposi’s disease

Kaposi’s disease or syndrome is an infrequent multifocal malignant neoplastic form involving mainly the skin, viscera, and mucous membranes. Epidemic Kaposi’s disease (AIDS-related). Iatrogenic Kaposi’s disease: immunosuppressive drugs are responsible.

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