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The blood pressure monitor is a device that is recognised by medical specialists because it allows blood pressure to be monitored accurately

When you have a conscious perception of your heartbeat or feel an irregular rhythm of the same, we speak of palpitations

Vaginismus is a conditioned reaction that probably results from the association of pain and fear with attempts at vaginal penetration or even with penetration fantasy alone

The Glenard manoeuvre (or technique) is used in medical semeiotics to perform palpation of the kidneys

Skin tags are small growths, not dangerous to health, which, however, can cause stress and discomfort

The Guyon test (or 'three-glass test') is a diagnostic investigation used in medical semeiotics, which is used when there is blood in the urine (haematuria), to identify its origin

The objective examination of the heart includes auscultation, inspection and percussion, but to arrive at a diagnosis the doctor checks the history and may prescribe exams

Genital prolapse refers to the descent of the pelvic organs through the vaginal canal. To better understand how it happens, it is useful to frame the functioning of the pelvic floor

The Giordano manoeuvre is a manoeuvre used in medical semeiotics to investigate the presence of kidney pain; it is named after the physician Davide Giordano, who was active in the first half of the 1900s

Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal heart rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation, flutter, or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has failed