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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.
Epilepsy: recognising a crisis in time and what to do about it
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease affecting the cerebral cortex. It is characterised by the repetition of epileptic seizures over time: a single seizure, e.g. caused by a very high fever, is not sufficient to diagnose the disease
Body integrity identity disorder (BIID): wanting to be disabled
Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID): the abyss of human feelings is often inscrutable and surprising
Facial nerve injuries: Bell's palsy and other causes of paralysis
Bell's palsy, an overview: the facial (or 'facial') nerve is the seventh cranial nerve and comprises two distinct nerves: the facial nerve proper, which contains somatic motor fibres for the innervation of the mimic muscles and other…
Faecal colour: normal and pathological
Under normal conditions, the colour of stools varies from light to dark brown. This characteristic pigmentation is imparted by bile residues that have escaped intestinal reabsorption and are metabolised by the local flora (bile is produced…
Intestinal obstruction: what is faecaloid vomiting?
Faecaloid vomiting is a particular type of vomiting, characterised by the emission of dark, usually brown, foul-smelling, faecal-like material typical of intestinal obstruction
Juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, therapy
Juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis is a rare disease characterised by juvenile hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract
Cot death (SIDS): prevention, causes, symptoms and case rates
Commonly referred to as 'cot death' but its more accurate name is 'sudden infant death syndrome' also known as 'sudden infant death syndrome' or 'unexpected infant death' (SIDS) is a phenomenon that has yet to be precisely explained by…
Covid Omicron 5 variant: symptoms and incubation
Omicron 5: three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we are still dealing with a contagious and extremely mutable virus: from Alpha to the more significant Delta and then Omicron
Snoring: when does sleep apnoea become a danger to be faced?
Snoring: in recent years, medical research has increasingly dealt with an apparently minor topic, even though it is widespread at all ages, often the cause of good-natured teasing by those who sleep next to those who suffer from it
Hip: What is femoral-acetabular conflict and what are the symptoms?
Femoral-acetabular conflict is a bone abnormality in the hip joint that, over time, can lead to the development of arthrosis and, therefore, a particularly severe degenerative process