2023

Tear film dysfunction syndrome is the most recent and correct name for dry eye syndrome

The extracorporeal circulation allows oxygenation and pumping of the circulating blood during cardiac surgery generally performed with a stopped heart; the heart will be stopped, for example, to repair or replace a valve or ascending aorta…

The fundamental characteristic of male erectile dysfunction (sexual impotence, also called erectile dysfunction) is a persistent or occasional inability to achieve an erection or to maintain it long enough for sexual intercourse For one to…

Osteoarthrosis is a degenerative and chronic disease that affects the slow process of erosion and thinning of the articular cartilage, causing anatomical alterations also to the surrounding tissues and muscles, with negative effects on the…

Thyroid ophthalmopathy - also known by the medical term Basedownian ophthalmopathy - is one of the clinical manifestations of Basedow-Graves Disease, i.e. an autoimmune thyroid disease, easily recognisable by its distinctive sign or…

Osteochondrosis or osteochondritis refers to a degenerative syndrome of the bones: young people and sportsmen or those subject to frequent trauma to the joints are particularly affected

Nystagmus is the involuntary movement of the eyeballs. In practice, the eyes oscillate, move rhythmically, in different planes: horizontal, vertical or rotational

The obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome produces poor oxygenation of the blood; this will, over time, affect the entire body, particularly the heart, and cause the onset of diseases such as: hypertension, diabetes, obesity, heart attack and…

Decreased male and female sexual desire, or its absence, are symptoms of so-called sexual desire disorders: hypoactive sexual desire disorder and sexual aversion disorder

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterised by overwhelming daytime sleepiness and sudden attacks of sleep