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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.
Pleuritis, symptoms and causes of pleural inflammation
What is the pleura? The pleura is a thin membrane that surrounds each of the two lungs. The sheets of mesothelial cells that make up the pleura have a fundamental function: to secrete a highly lubricating fluid that allows lung movement…
Blood diseases: Polycythaemia vera, or Vaquez disease
Polycythaemia vera (also known as Vaquez disease) is a chronic proliferative blood disorder characterised by a progressive increase in red blood cells and caused by an impaired functioning of the haemopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow
Chronic inflammatory diseases: what they are and what they involve
More than 5 million people in Europe are living with chronic inflammatory diseases, conditions that share a chronic inflammatory condition associated with an abnormal immune reaction directed against the body
Oct. 10, World Mental Health Day: in pregnancy and postpartum, the importance of not feeling alone
October 10 marks World Mental Health Day, something to keep in mind when talking about pregnancy and postpartum
Scleroderma, how it manifests itself and what treatments are available
Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease (10-20 cases per 1,000,000 people), localised mainly in the skin, with very different symptoms from one patient to another
Paediatrics, what is Alagille Syndrome?
Alagille syndrome is a hereditary disease that mimics other forms of prolonged liver disease and affects infants and children
Urticaria affects at least 1 in 5 people: what it is and how to treat it
Let's talk about urticaria. The skin itches, gets red and develops small, insect bite-like bumps
Endoscopic polypectomy: what it is, when it is performed
What is an Endoscopic Polypectomy? Polyps are protrusions of the intestinal mucosa and stomach, mostly benign in nature
Shunt: what procedures are used
Shunt procedures are used to improve blood flow in the veins of the liver, oesophagus and other parts of the body, to stop bleeding, relieve pressure in these veins and relieve swelling
Viral stomatitis: what to do?
Stomatitis is a disease of the oral mucosa of an inflammatory nature and, in some cases, also of a dystrophic nature, i.e. an alteration of the normal appearance of the mucosa