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Let's talk about dacryocystitis: the lacrimal ducts are the drainage system of tears produced by the lacrimal glands. They consist of the lacrimal dots, the lacrimal canaliculi, the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct, which conveys the…

Aspartate aminotransferase is an enzyme found particularly in the liver, heart, muscles, brain and kidneys

Behavioral and psychiatric disorders are the fifth most common emergency that EMS professionals respond to, accounting for almost 8% of all EMS calls

The complete dynamic electrocardiogram according to Holter is a painless and non-invasive test that allows the electrical activity of the heart to be monitored over a 24-hour period, analysing approximately 100,000 beats

The main characteristic of separation anxiety disorder is the excessive anxiety manifested by the child when he has to separate from someone in the family to whom he is deeply attached (usually the mother figure)

The term atelectasis refers to the collapse of one or more areas of the lung associated with a loss of volume. Under normal conditions, when one inhales, the lungs fill with air

Colonoscopy is a diagnostic-therapeutic procedure that allows us to observe the colon and ileum (the end part of the small intestine, ed.) from the inside, then to diagnose any pathologies affecting the intestinal tract and, if necessary,…

Entropion is a condition related to an altered position of the eyelid whereby the eyelid rim, where the eyelashes reside, is introflected (turns inward) and the eyelashes go scratching on the cornea

One of the blood tests that are often requested as the first frame of reference for a patient with joint pain and therefore suspected rheumatic disease are ANAs (Anti-Nuclear Antibodies)

Rather than an actual disease, tinnitus is a symptom of potential ear or central auditory pathology involving neurological diseases