Health

An early prototype defibrillator was built by the American surgeon Claude S. Beck at the University of Cleveland in 1974; it saved the life of a 14-year-old boy who suffered ventricular fibrillation during surgery

Even the trachea, like other organs, can become inflamed due to viruses and bacteria. In this case we speak of "tracheitis"

The electrocardiogram, or ECG, is an instrumental diagnostic test that uses an electrocardiograph to record and graphically reproduce the heart's electrical activity through a series of electrodes

The essential feature of Antisocial Personality Disorder is a pattern of behavior that violates the rights of others and basic social rules

Also known as trigger finger, stenosing tenosynovitis is a disease in which one of the fingers of the hand resists extension, finally yielding abruptly

Let's talk about burns: a burn is a more or less extensive injury to the skin, which can affect only the superficial layer called the epidermis or also the deeper layers of the dermis

What is a vasculitis? Vasculitis is a group of pathologies united by the presence of an inflammatory process affecting any blood vessel (arteries, arterioles, veins, venules or capillaries)

Subconjunctival hemorrhage: the bloodstains in the eye are the consequence of the rupture of some capillaries affecting the visual system, and more specifically the sclera and the conjunctiva

Fainting, drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness: syncope is defined in many different ways. Defining syncope is not easy, but we could compare it to a total 'blackout' of our body, in which we literally 'switch off'

When a painful condition occurs in the heel, we speak generically of heel pain, a disorder which, in a clinical setting, is defined as tallodynia, plantar talalgia or calcaneal pain