Hypertonia: of which diseases can it be an important symptom?
Hypertonia, also called muscular hypertonia or muscle hypertonus, indicates an increase in muscle tone. It can…
Arterial hypotension: do you suffer from low blood pressure?
Arterial hypotension can be defined as a condition in which the arterial blood pressure is lower than normal
Flood in Romagna: the Italian Red Cross in action with over 300 operators.…
The bad weather hasn't loosened its grip: floods and overflowing are hitting Emilia-Romagna hard. The Italian Red…
Kidney diseases: hydronephrosis, what is it?
The medical term 'hydronephrosis' denotes dilatation of the renal pelvis (or pelvis) - which is often combined with…
Coronarography: what does the coronary angiography examination consist of?
Coronary angiography (or Coronarography)is a test used to find out how much narrowing there is in your arteries.…
Chlamydia: the three germs that determine the different forms of the infection
Chlamydia infections can be caused by three different germs that cause various symptoms including conjunctivitis…
Vitamin D deficiency, what consequences it causes
It is called vitamin D, but we cannot consider it a vitamin in the strict sense. The term vitamin, in fact,…
Rare diseases: microvilli inclusion disease (MVID), or microvillar atrophy (MVA)
Included microvilli disease is a rare disease that manifests itself in newborns with abundant watery diarrhoea
Congenital heart disease: what is aortic bicuspidia?
Bicuspidia aortica is among the most frequently diagnosed congenital heart diseases; it will cause valve…
Gastroenterology: intestinal polyps and polyposis in paediatrics
Intestinal polyps are protuberances of the tissues of the intestinal wall that protrude into the bowel cavity