Tuberculosis: how to treat it

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious and contagious disease-potentially serious-caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch’s bacillus, named after the German physician and bacteriologist who discovered it back in 1882.

Tuberculosis-which in most cases affects the lungs-is transmitted through droplets of saliva emitted by the sick person during phonation, coughing, spitting and sneezing. Fortunately, most people who come in contact with these germs do not develop symptoms of the disease, which is effectively nipped in the bud by the immune system.

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Risk factors, complications, and prevention of ankylosing spondylitis

The risk factors for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be various, starting with a fragile vertebral structure or the presence of persistent rheumatic diseases.

Wifi: are electromagnetic waves a danger to our health ?

If you go to a restaurant, bar, mall or any other type of store, you will most likely find a sign somewhere that says “Wifi Free.” This happens because nowadays

Allergic skin reaction and itching

La skin is like a external barrier at body, which defends against external pitfalls, and among these pitfalls are some allergenic agents, such as the nickel, which we come in

Post-infarction cardiopulmonary rehabilitation: the benefits

All the evidence provided by clinical trials conducted over the past two decades has indicated that the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programs proposed to patients in the weeks immediately following a hospitalization

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a permanent pathological dilatation, a kind of balloon-like bulge, affecting the wall of the largest artery in the abdomen. Although the exact causes are currently

Cushing’s syndrome: causes and remedies

Cushing’s Syndrome (CS) is a rare condition resulting from an excess of cortisol in the body. Cortisol is a hormone normally produced by the adrenal glands and is essential for

What is psoriatic arthritis?

Let’s find out the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis starting with the definition of the condition. Psoriatic arthritis: Is an inflammatory-type autoimmune disease that affects the joints Affects about 10-30% of

Patients who are candidates for physical rehabilitation training

It is possible to identify the following categories of coronary patients in whom physical rehabilitation training can provide the desired effects: Patients at low risk after an acute cardiac event,

Too much stress and too little sleep enemies of the heart

Several studies on this have already been done, but new evidence and quantification of the cardiovascular risk associated with excessive stress at work and at the sleep poor, taken singly

Traffic accidents, work injuries caused by sleepiness and sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic disease that is often not diagnosed in time with respect to symptom evidence.

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Pleuritis

Pleurisy is a respiratory disease characterized by acute irritation and inflammation of the pleura, the two-layer membrane that surrounds the lungs and separates them from other organs and fluids in

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

According to the official definition, COPD is “a pathological condition of the respiratory system characterized by chronic and partially reversible airflow obstruction to which bronchial (chronic bronchitis), bronchiolar, (small airway

Obstructive sleep apnea

Repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction may occur during sleep, often accompanied by reduced oxygen saturation. Such episodes are accompanied in almost all cases by snoring. Apneas often end with

Coronavirus infection

Actually, Coronavirus belongs to a type of viruses that can cause various diseases from simple cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). In 2019,

Bronchitis

The term bronchitis refers to an acute inflammation of the trachea and bronchi that generally arises as a result of a viral or, more rarely, bacterial infection. In overall healthy

Respiratory failure

A condition of “respiratory failure” is present when the respiratory system is unable to ensure efficient gas exchanges through the lungs, preventing the maintenance of an adequate balance between oxygen

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a chronic-onset infectious disease that primarily, but not only, affects the respiratory system. Dreaded until the 1940s in Western countries, tuberculosis was almost forgotten in the following decades,

Allergic rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is aninflammation of the mucosa lining the inner cavities of the nose (nasal mucosa).

Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, debilitating and severe respiratory disease characterized by progressive deterioration and “scarring” of lung tissue, which reduce respiratory capacity and gradually make it more difficult to

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a respiratory disease characterized by acute inflammation of the alveoli and/or interstitial spaces of the lungs, induced by different causes that are not always easy to identify. Inflammation

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