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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can be considered the model of systemic autoimmune diseases. The clinical presentation of SLE is highly variable and clinical pictures include general manifestations and alterations of various organs and…

What is leukaemia? When we speak of leukaemias we mean a very large number of malignant pathologies that are all grouped under this term, but which differ from each other in the type of cell involved in the tumour transformation process

Hypothyroidism is a dysfunction of the thyroid gland: the gland is unable to produce a normal amount of thyroid hormones - Thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3) - which are therefore present in the blood in lower than normal amounts

Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a congenital heart condition affecting the cardiac electrical conduction system, dependent on a defect present in the individual as early as birth

Cholera is a disease with fecal-oral transmission, i.e. its spread begins with the expulsion of the pathogen through the faeces of the infected individual and ends with the ingestion by a healthy individual of contaminated food or water,…

One of the most frequent problems encountered by ENT specialists is the management of patients, mostly paediatric, with tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy problems

Rescuing a child in cardiac arrest is delicate: here are some tips for using the paediatric defibrillator

Histoplasmosis is an infection affecting the lungs that is contracted by inhaling spores of the Histoplasma capsulatum fungus

Lymphoedema is a pathology that affects the lymphatic vessels and causes an accumulation of fluid and other substances in the intercellular spaces

Huntington's Disease (or Chorea or Morbus) is an inherited neurological disorder caused by the degeneration of brain cells (neurons) located in specific areas of the brain