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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Tiredness and sleep during the day: what can be the causes?
Tiredness and daytime sleepiness. The change of seasons and the arrival of the first cold weather, but also the increased workload that often accompanies autumn: these are all factors that can make us feel more tired during these months
Prenatal pathologies, congenital heart defects: Pulmonary atresia
Pulmonary atresia is an obstruction that prevents blood from being oxygenated in the lungs. It must be diagnosed before birth and corrected with a series of surgical interventions
Dracunculiasis: transmission, diagnosis and treatment of 'Guinea-worm disease'
Also known as ''Guinea-worm disease'', dracunculiasis is an infectious disease caused by a nematode worm, Dracunculus medinensis ('Medina filaria' or 'Guinea worm')
What is atherosclerosis and how to prevent it
Atherosclerosis is a chronic and progressive disease that affects the blood vessels, developing silently over the years and then manifesting itself in people in adulthood and old age
Bronchiolitis in paediatric age: the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (VRS)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (VRS) is the main cause of bronchiolitis, a lung infection that can be severe in the first year of life
Chronic pain, causes and remedies
Chronic pain is continuous or recurrent pain at intervals of months or years. Unlike acute pain, which is merely a symptom of something else, chronic pain can itself become the disease: in particular when it is associated with dysfunction,…
Salpingitis: causes and complications of this fallopian tube inflammation
Salpingitis is a fairly rare disorder, but one that should not be underestimated: it is the inflammation of one or both fallopian tubes (also known as the Fallopian tubes) due to the action of germs from outside, which have entered through…
Specific Immunotherapy: what it is and what it is used for
The principles on which the practice of Specific Immunotherapy (ITS) is based were born out of empiricism, but have been scientifically validated over the last twenty years
Rare Diseases: Septo-optic Dysplasia
Septoptic Dysplasia is a brain malformation that causes deficits in optic nerve development, defective brain structures and pituitary hormone deficiency
Pityriasis Alba: what it is, how it manifests itself and what is the treatment
Pityriasis Alba is a common skin manifestation in prepubertal age characterised by dry patches that are lighter in colour than the skin, sometimes slightly erythematous (reddened)