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Schizophrenia is a severe psychotic disorder: those affected become completely indifferent to what is happening, react absurdly or incoherently to external events, lose touch with reality and isolate themselves in a world of their own,…

The key difference between Kussmaul and Cheyne Stokes is that kussmaul is an abnormal breathing pattern characterized by a deep repaid breathing pace, while cheyne stokes is an abnormal breathing pattern characterized by a gradual increase…

Haglund's disease is also called Haglund's syndrome or Haglund's exostosis. These terms are used to refer to the same disease, which is characterised by a bone growth that causes considerable pain

The medical term "cervical myelopathy" is used to indicate pathologies affecting the first part of the spinal cord

The generic term 'meniscopathy' refers to all injuries that can affect the menisci, also known as 'meniscus ruptures', and is the most common category of knee disorders

Cutaneous mycoses (or dermatomycosis) are infections of the skin and skin adnexa caused by pathogenic fungi (mycetes); they generally present as characteristic lesions in the affected area, of varying extent and severity; they are…

Let's talk about muscle injury: the calf is the anatomical area most frequently involved in muscle injuries during sports practice, even at amateur level

Angina pectoris is a heart condition that is an important alarm bell for possible coronary artery disease

Pain in the lumbar spine, lumbosciatalgia (or lumbar radiculopathy) is the leading cause of disability worldwide (GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and…

The knee is one of the most complex joints in the human body: it is made up of four fundamental ligaments, including the cruciate ligaments, and in particular the anterior cruciate ligament