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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What is hemoperfusion?

This is a system in which blood is brought from the patient, by arterial cannulation, into an extracorporeal circuit. The blood, before returning to the body via the venous route,

Gonorrhea: what is it

Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which characteristically infects the epithelium of the bladder, cervix, rectum, pharynx, or conjunctiva, and

Working professions in mitral valve disease

It is well known that risk factors for heart disease include habits such as excessive alcohol use, such as smoking, a high-protein and high-fat diet, and also genetic factors, while less consideration is often given to factors of occupational origin.

What will be the vaccine against the Covid-19 epidemic?

There are many questions about which vaccine will be the most effective against Covid 19, which one will be the least risky, or which one will provide long immunization.

Minimally invasive procedure improves metabolic syndrome

A randomized trial examining 75 patients with type 2 diabetes showed the efficacy and safety of an innovative minimally invasive ablative procedure designed to promote regrowth of the duodenal mucosa.

A night shift?

It is not night work as such that is responsible, but the shifts that occur that go into changing the balance of the biological clock. Fatigue may be a direct sign

Vitamin D: from sunshine to prevention

Scientific studies show that human beings cannot do without this valuable element, which is necessary for health and disease prevention. Where can we draw it from in nature? To what

Pulmonary embolism: what is it and how to treat it?

Embolism lung is a serious complication to be suspected in cases of dyspnea, in a patient at risk of deep vein thrombosis. I Main symptoms are: sudden dyspnea, chest pain,

The family and the patient with bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder not only disrupts the patient's life but also makes the lives of those around him difficult and sometimes painful. People affected by this disorder often have difficulty acknowledging their mental state to themselves.

Cytomegalovirus infections in children

Because CMV can be detected in saliva, urine and other body fluids, the infection can be present in children without any apparent symptoms, being able to be transmitted unimpeded within the home and school communities.

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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

Shock, medical emergency

It may happen that the circulation of blood through the body undergoes a sudden change giving rise to a condition of physiological shock, with decreased flow and crisis on the

Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic autoimmune-based inflammatory disease that occurs in about 30% of people with psoriasis. Like other forms of arthritis, the disease predominantly affects the joints of the

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,

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease on an autoimmune basis that primarily affects the joints, but it affects the entire body and over time, especially if not properly treated,

Arthrosis of the hip

Osteoarthritis of the hip is also called coxarthrosis and is a chronic degenerative disease of the hip joint due to progressive disruption of articular cartilage. Hip osteoarthritis can be primary

De Quervain’s syndrome

De Quervain’s syndrome is a painful condition of the hand related to inflammation of the sheaths lining two tendons found on the medial (inner) side of the wrist that control

Lumbago

Low back pain, or more simply back pain, is a disorder involving the muscles and bones of the back. It is extremely widespread and affects a very high percentage of

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

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