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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 and, in particular, cortisol (also called “stress hormone”).

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Basedow’s disease: what is it?

Basedow-Graves disease is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system recognizes the thyroid gland as foreign to the body and attacks it by producing antibodies against TSH-receptor antibodies (TRAb)

Essential hypoglycemia in children

Hypoglycemia is the most common acute complication associated with diabetes. In children, symptoms may include irritability, asthenia, anxiety, hunger, headache, sweating, pallor, tachycardia, ataxia, and coma. It is necessary to

Complications in bipolar disorder

From the clinical point of view, it should be mentioned that sometimes bipolar disorder may be accompanied by some pre-existing conditions that may aggravate an already quite serious condition, with more intense symptoms, for which the applied therapy may yield results of lesser effectiveness. But which ones are the most present?

Body weight: the dangers of fluctuations

That repeated drastic diets are bad for your health, and not just your physical health, is a well-known concept and widely reiterated by doctors and nutritionists, although not always given

Diabetic emergencies

Diabetes is a condition in which insulin, which helps the body harness the energy within food, is absent. Excessive insulin concentration causes insulin or hyperglycemic shock. Excessive sugar contraction together

The risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

International scientific studies examine the correlations between some nervous system and mood disorders in those born to mothers with polycystic uterus.

Thyroid and pregnancy

It is necessary to observe these symptoms during pregnancy and report them to your doctor in time, especially because usually some of them such as fatigue and weight gain are also present during a normal pregnancy, so they might be taken as normal and not alert the person who is affected.

Hyperhidrosis, when hands and feet sweat too much

Excessive and abnormal sweating not attributable to exercise or heat is called hyperhidrosis.

Twelve diets to avoid at all times

Spring is coming, and those obsessed with the swimsuit test know they need to prepare in time if they want to shed the unbearable extra pounds accumulated over the winter

Mitral valve regurgitation

It is a condition in which the mitral valve leaflets do not close tightly, causing blood to leak backward into the left atrium of the heart.

RELATED PATHOLOGIES

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

Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is a condition brought about by the insufficient production of thyroid hormones, tetraiodothyronine or thyroxine (T4) and tridothyronine (T3), by the thyroid gland, resulting in reduced overall metabolic efficiency

Diabetic foot

Diabetic foot is a complex condition that develops as a complication of advanced uncontrolled diabetes and is the leading cause of nontraumatic amputation in the Western adult population. Very prevalent

Hyperprolactinemia

Hyperprolactinemia corresponds to a condition determined by the excessive production of the hormone prolactin by the pituitary gland (a small neuroendocrine gland found in the center of the brain that

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

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

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.,