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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.
Congenital malformations: cleft lip and palate
Cleft lip - also known as cheiloschisis or, more commonly, as 'harelip' - is a fairly common congenital malformation (the incidence is one case per 1000 live births) due to the failure of the two portions of the upper lip of the newborn…
Folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder): causes, symptoms, consequences, diagnosis and treatment
Shared psychotic disorder', also called Lasègue-Falret syndrome or 'shared psychosis' or 'folie à deux' (i.e. 'madness shared by two') in psychiatry refers to a very rare psychiatric syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis - typically a…
Why are hiccups so common in newborns and how can they be overcome?
Many new parents worry a great deal when they see their newborn child have hiccups, however, hiccups - in most cases - are a completely normal event that should not cause concern
Refractive surgery: what is it for, how is it performed and what to do?
Refractive surgery is a technique that uses excimer lasers to reshape the surface of the cornea in order to correct or significantly reduce refractive vision defects (myopia, hypermetropia or astigmatism)
What are the symptoms of urethritis and how is it treated?
Urethritis refers to acute and chronic inflammation of the urethra, a small channel that allows urine to pass from the bladder to the outside
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: causes, symptoms and treatment of SLE
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can be considered the model of systemic autoimmune diseases. The clinical presentation of SLE is highly variable and clinical pictures include general manifestations and alterations of various organs and…
Leukaemia: symptoms, causes and treatment
What is leukaemia? When we speak of leukaemias we mean a very large number of malignant pathologies that are all grouped under this term, but which differ from each other in the type of cell involved in the tumour transformation process
Hypothyroidism: causes, symptoms and treatment
Hypothyroidism is a dysfunction of the thyroid gland: the gland is unable to produce a normal amount of thyroid hormones - Thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3) - which are therefore present in the blood in lower than normal amounts
What are the risks of WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a congenital heart condition affecting the cardiac electrical conduction system, dependent on a defect present in the individual as early as birth
What is cholera?
Cholera is a disease with fecal-oral transmission, i.e. its spread begins with the expulsion of the pathogen through the faeces of the infected individual and ends with the ingestion by a healthy individual of contaminated food or water,…