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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.
Mydriasis: definition, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Mydriasis consists of a dilation of the pupil above 5 millimetres. Usually the pupil, i.e. the central part of the iris, which is black in colour, changes diameter depending on the light
Water retention, how to deal with it
Water retention is a problem that affects most women. However, most people confuse water retention and cellulite
Meningitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It can affect anyone, but is most common in infants, young children, adolescents and young adults
What are congenital heart diseases
Congenital heart disease: with the term congenital, we indicate something already existing at birth
By congenital heart disease, we are therefore referring to an alteration in cardiac structure or function that is present at birth and…
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
The essential features of Avoidant Personality Disorder are a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to judgment from others
Trichomonas: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment of trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis is the name of a flagellated protozoan vehicle of a very contagious infection that can affect the genital area and urinary tract: trichomoniasis
Cardiac arrest, let's talk about defibrillator voltage
The defibrillator is a device capable of generating a controlled electrical discharge to the heart in order to re-establish the rhythm of its beats in the event of cardiac arrest or rhythm alterations
Uveitis: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Let's talk about uveitis: the uvea represents the vascular tonaca of the eyeball and is composed of iris, ciliary body and choroid
Abdominal anatomy: difference between parietal and visceral peritoneum
The peritoneum is a mesothelial serous membrane, thin and almost transparent, which is found in the abdomen and constitutes the lining of the abdominal cavity and part of the pelvic one (parietal peritoneum), it also covers a large part of…
Sexual addiction (hypersexuality): causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Sexual addiction (or sex addiction), also called hypersexuality, comprises a set of psychopathological conditions characterised by intrusive sexual thoughts and fantasies associated with a loss of control over sexual behaviour