What to know about rickets

Rickets is a typical pediatric disease and is caused by a defect in ossification of newly formed bone tissue, especially at the level of conjugating cartilages and areas of provisional calcification. Rickets affects both humans and animals in the first months of life. The term is also used in botany to describe plants that have developed irregularly due to pests or nutrient deficiencies.

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Beware of dehydration

When our body lacks all the water it needs to live then comes dehydration. So what? Drink enough water during hot weather preventing mild dehydration from turning into more severe dehydration.

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

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

Shoulder arthrosis: how to treat it

Osteoarthritis represents the degenerative disease of joints. This occurs when cartilage, which normally acts as a protective covering for bones allowing smooth and pain-free movement, goes through degeneration. Without cartilage

Constipation

Constipation (i.e., constipation) is an alteration of the alvus characterized by frequent, difficult and apparently incomplete emission of stools of increased consistency.

The sore knee

When the knee hurts it is necessary to stop and investigate the possible causes, which can be either due to falls, blows or various traumas or the result of progressive degeneration of the joints, cartilage or ligaments.

Dry eye: what is it?

Dry eye, also called dry eye syndrome, occurs when tear production is inadequate or when tears have an abnormal consistency and therefore evaporate too quickly. Dryness can be short-lived or

Family life and obsessive compulsive disorder

Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disease capable of disrupting those affected, completely changing their habits, activities and quality of life, but it extends its consequences to the patient's family causing a difficult and challenging living condition.

Abdominal pain: what to do?

Many diseases can cause abdominal pain, but some conditions can be life-threatening and therefore require surgical treatment. What to do? It is necessary for the victim not to eat or

The itching of the ear

The ear can also be the source of an itching disorder , so much so that it forces us to unadvisable and rudimentary scratching to find a modicum of relief, a

Psychological interventions for Covid-19 patients

Questions are beginning to be asked about the Psychological Interventions needed following the outbreak of COVID-19. In a recent Chinese study, published in China Lancet February 18, 2020 starting with

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Paget’s bone disease

Paget’s bone disease represents an abnormality in the physiological process by which the body over time gradually replaces old bone tissue with newly produced bone tissue. This process can become

Ankylosing spondylitis

It can be described as a form of arthritis with inflammation in the spine that causes pain and over time, especially if left untreated, can cause a kind of attachment-fusion

Calcaneal spur

Calcaneal spur refers to a thorn or hook-shaped bony protuberance (osteophyte) that results from an abnormal calcification process that can occur at the level of the calcaneus bone, under the

Neurovegetative dystonia

If you have the patience to interview a family doctor whose outpatient clinic is always very crowded, you will find that a good portion of patients are afflicted with a

Rheumatism

The term “rheumatism” refers to an extremely wide and varied group of disorders comprising more than one hundred rheumatic diseases that are very diverse in terms of causes, symptoms and

Muscle contractures and cramps

A muscle cramp is a sudden, involuntary contraction of one or more muscles. Muscle cramps can cause severe pain; although they are generally harmless, they can make it temporarily impossible

Cervical arthrosis

Cervical osteoarthritis is a chronic osteoarticular condition that is very common after the age of 40-50 years in people of both sexes and from all parts of the world, due

Hallux valgus

Hallux valgus is a deformity of the foot consisting of the departure of the head of the first metatarsal from the others. In this condition, there is lateral deviation of

Osteoporosis

According to the World Health Organization (1993) definition, “Osteoporosis is a pathological condition characterized by loss of bone mass and qualitative deterioration of bone tissue, resulting in an increase in

Shoulder arthrosis

In the shoulder, the different joints, and particularly the scapulohumeral (or glenohumeral) joint, which is located between the joint heads of the scapula and humerus, are normally lined with cartilage,

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