Eosinophilic oesophagitis: how to recognise it and how to treat it
Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune- or allergen-mediated inflammatory disease characterised by symptoms of oesophageal dysfunction
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Infectious cellulitis: what is it? Diagnosis and treatment
Infectious cellulitis (not to be confused with so-called aesthetic cellulitis) is an acute or chronic infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue
Children's sleep guide: how sleep has changed since the pandemic
Children's 'healthy' sleep, a few simple tips to follow regularly to maintain the right sleep rhythms for toddlers
Cervicalgia, what it is caused by and how to deal with neck pain
Cervicalgia, commonly referred to as 'I have neck pain', is pain in the neck and trapeziums caused by inflammation that makes movement difficult
Haemophilia, what it is and how to treat it
Haemophilia affects one in 10,000 people and is widespread worldwide. It is a congenital and hereditary disease that involves a severe insufficiency in blood coagulation due to the lack or deficiency of certain plasma proteins (factor VIII…
Hepatic distomatosis: transmission and manifestation of this parasitosis
Hepatic distomatosis is an infectious disease transmitted by Clonorchis sinensis, a parasite belonging to the trematode family
Contact dermatitis: causes and symptoms
Contact dermatitis is triggered when a substance recognised as 'adverse' comes into contact with the skin, triggering a defence reaction that stimulates an inflammatory and itchy immunological response from the body
World AIDS Day: new procedure to recognise if the virus is 'dormant'
Developed by the Bambino Gesù with MIT Boston, the new AIDS procedure will make it possible to test the suspension of antiretroviral therapy. 150,000 new paediatric infections worldwide every year
Conjunctivitis, causes and symptoms
Conjunctivitis is the most common inflammation of the eye among both adults and children and causes symptoms such as redness, tearing and burning
Laryngeal tumours: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
The larynx is the organ responsible for phonation, i.e. the emission of sounds. It is part of the respiratory system and connects the upper airways (nose, sinuses, pharynx) and the lower airways (trachea, bronchi)