Health

From the Greek spasmos ('cramp'), the word 'spasticity' indicates a disproportionate increase in muscle tone, and is a clinical sign caused by an injury to the encephalon or spinal cord

Diffuse fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in the skin, joints and internal organs are some of the consequences of systemic sclerosis, a rare connective tissue disease whose multifactorial genesis continues to generate questions and doubts…

Long QT syndrome is a cardiac pathology, attributable to the family of heart arrhythmias When the patient has a long QT, it means that his normal ventricular contraction is impaired and he lengthens. Since the pathology is rather rare,…

Retinitis pigmentosa is a disease that affects the retina. The retina is the structure responsible for receiving light stimuli and converting them into electrical impulses that are then sent to the primary visual cortex (located in the…

Hindfoot valgus, sometimes also called prone foot or foot valgism, is a malformation that affects a high percentage of the world's population

Compulsive Excision Disorder (DEC), also called 'Skin Picking' and 'dermatillomania', is a clinical condition characterised by constant picking at the skin causing skin lesions, and repeated attempts to curb this behaviour, according to the…

A heart murmur is a condition in which the blood generates a noise of a duration, intensity and frequency that is different from the physiological one

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, we take stock of the commitment of the Italian Red Cross which has been dealing with the management of the Lampedusa Hotspot since 1 June and which has always been committed to carrying out rescue and…

Pterygium is a degenerative disease of the eye, affecting the ocular surface in particular. This disease consists of a fibrovascular outgrowth of the conjunctiva that progressively extends over the cornea, the transparent portion of the…

In medicine, the term pubalgia refers to a painful syndrome of the pelvic girdle, which falls under 'overload pathologies', i.e. all those pathologies caused as a result of repeated overloading of a certain body district