Health

Bronchitis is one of the most common diseases of the respiratory system. It is the inflammatory process of the mucous membrane lining the bronchi, the tree-like structures that transport air to and from the lungs

Cardiogenic shock is also sometimes called “pump failure”. It reflects severe left-sided heart failure

The diagnosis of prostate carcinoma is made by means of multiple biopsies of the gland under local anaesthesia It is important to emphasise that, to date, there are no scientifically proven alternative methods for the diagnosis of prostate…

In hypovolemic shock, reduced intravascular blood volume causes circulatory dysfunction and inadequate tissue perfusion

The term 'nervous exhaustion' (neurasthenia or neuroasthenia) was introduced in the 19th century by an American neuropsychiatrist, George Miller Beard, who used it to refer to a pervasive condition characterised by chronic fatigue and…

Lichen Planus is a disease that causes inflammation and has the ability to impair the healthy state of the skin as well as the mucous membrane

If blood tests have shown cholesterol levels that are too high, what can be done to limit the damage

Pink eye is a condition where you suffer inflammation of a thin membrane that coats the surface of your eye and eyelid. It is also referred to as conjunctivitis

Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal cardiac rhythm in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, flutter or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has not been effective

The presence of blood in the stool is an event that alarms us, sometimes even exaggeratedly, because often the first thing that comes to mind is cancer