medicine

Abdominal cramps are pains that may appear in the region between the chest and groin. If frequent, they last for a long time or are associated with fever

Ascites can result from liver disease, heart disease or tumours in the abdominal organs. Examining the fluid is essential to make the right diagnosis

Assisted suicide is the medical help provided to a person who has decided to die. The individual is assisted by a health professional whose task is to prescribe and supply the drugs that will cause the patient's death

The pericardium is the structure that covers and protects the heart and consists of two membranes separated by a thin layer of fluid

Often headaches and dizziness coexist: this is the case with vestibular migraine. Dizziness is characterised by the sensation that the body is moving relative to the environment or vice versa; in most patients with vestibular migraine, the…

An extrasystole is an often benign alteration of the heart rhythm

Anaemia occurs when the number of red blood cells is insufficient to carry enough oxygen to meet the needs of the body's various tissues and organs

Venous thrombosis is a disease caused by the formation of a blood clot within the venous system

Brugada syndrome is a rare heart disease, a syndrome that can be fatal and is characterised by an alteration of the heart's electrical system

Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the spine and can manifest itself as chronic back pain even in young people