Molluscum contagiosum: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Molluscum contagiosum: the term skin molluscs refers to a particular skin infection, which is infectious in nature…
Melasma, a skin disorder due to hypermelanosis
Melasma consists of (typical and characteristic) zone hyperpigmentation resulting in the formation of visible spots
Myocardial infarction: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
When people commonly speak of an infarction, they are referring to the necrosis of cardiac muscle tissue, thus,…
Hereditary diseases: Fabry (or Anderson-Fabry) disease
A serious hereditary disease caused by a mutation in the GLA gene, Fabry disease is characterised by the…
Miosis: definition, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
What is miosis? It is the decrease in the diameter of the pupil and is a completely physiological condition of the…
Low back pain: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Everyone has had back pain at least once in their life. It is the so-called "low back pain", so called because it…
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this…
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is an inflammatory dermatosis that predominantly affects the ano-genital area
Crohn's disease: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Crohn's disease (or disease), also known as terminal ileitis or segmental ileitis, is an inflammatory bowel disease…
When love turns into obsession: emotional dependency
When love turns into an obsession that dominates the mind and causes suffering, we no longer speak of love but of…
Hypermetropia: what is it and how can this visual defect be corrected?
Hypermetropia is a very common and easily correctable visual defect. The ophthalmic term 'hypermetropia' refers to…