Angioma is a collective name for vascular tumors originating from blood or lymphatic vessels. Diseases can have a superficial localization (on the skin and mucous membranes), located in muscles, internal organs (heart, lungs, uterus, liver, spleen, etc.), accompanied by bleeding of varying intensity. Diagnosis is based on examination data, X-ray examination (angiography, lymphangiography), ultrasound. Superficial…
Eating snow is very tempting. When you ski, you exercise, you sweat and you get dehydrated. Surrounded by all this solid water, it’s sometimes hard to resist. So, is it safe to drink snow? When you ski, sometimes it happens that your water bottle is empty. And in case of extreme thirst, why not drink…
Cambridge researchers studied a group of more than 900 adults who had experienced a deterioration in brain function in the past few years. In a paper published in the British Journal of Nutrition, it is said that scientists have found out how exactly their diet choice coincided with the principles of the Mediterranean diet. They…
As new research shows, there is another “good news” in the fight against the Omicron coronavirus: key T cells really resist the ultra-infectious variants of COVID-19. Scientists who analyzed whether T cells are able to recognize and attack Omicron claim that the data obtained is positive news for the global fight against COVID. While Omicron…
Anasarca is generalized swelling of subcutaneous fat in combination with the accumulation of fluid in the body cavities. The disease is manifested by swelling and pastyness of the whole body, abdominal enlargement, shortness of breath. Laboratory techniques (blood and urine tests, liver tests), instrumental studies (EchoCG, ultrasound of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal organs) are…
Cardiac amyloidosis is a systemic dysproteinosis that leads to the deposition of amyloid – a specific protein-polysaccharide complex in the tissues of the heart. Cardiac amyloidosis is accompanied by myocardial hypertrophy, a violation of its contractility, the development of chronic circulatory insufficiency, arrhythmias, hypotension, valvular defects. The clinical diagnosis is established using electrocardiography, echocardiography, radiography,…
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a lesion of the heart muscle, which is formed against the background of excessive alcohol consumption, manifested by a variety of morphological, functional, clinical disorders. Patients complain of pain behind the sternum, shortness of breath, swelling, cold of the lower extremities. It is possible to develop heart failure, deadly rhythm disturbances, thromboembolism.…
Spleen abscess is a limited accumulation of purulent exudate in the spleen from the surrounding tissues. The disease is characterized by increasing weakness, fever, nausea and vomiting. Pain sensations are localized in the left hypochondrium, radiate to the left half of the body, and increase when breathing. Diagnostics includes a surgeon’s examination, ultrasound or CT…
It has been known for many years that taking about 10,000 steps a day helps to maintain physical fitness. And yet this statement does not come from the scientific world, but from the world of marketing. In other words, this bar was set completely arbitrarily. Marketing Reference In an article published on July 6, 2021,…
Pancreatic abscess is a cavity filled with pus and necrotic masses in the gland tissue. In the vast majority of cases, it develops after acute alcoholic pancreatitis. It is characterized by the appearance of fever, shingles, leukocytosis, tumor-like formation in the abdominal cavity about two weeks after an attack of pancreatitis. The diagnosis is established…