Kategori: Healty
Itching (pruritus) in children
What is it about ? Pruritus is a tickling, itchy sensation that makes you want to scratch. Your child may be itchy in one place or all over his body.…
Itching (pruritus)
What is it about ? Pruritus is a tickling, itchy sensation that makes you want to scratch. The itching can be limited to a specific place on the body (the…
Anal itching
What is it about ? Anal itching refers to itching in and around the anus. The itching make you want to scratch, which usually makes the problem worse. In most…
Delirium in the elderly (acute confusion)
What is it about ? Delirium is a sudden confusion caused by a disturbance in the normal functioning of the brain. This confusion is caused by a physical cause or…
Massive breakdown of muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis)
What is it about ? Rhabdomyolysis is a massive and acute destruction of muscle tissue. It is the striated muscle cells that are affected: these are the muscles that are…
Vision impairment and blindness
What is it and how is the diagnosis made? Visual acuity, i.e. the ability to distinguish the details of an image, near or far, is measured, in adults, with a…
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
What is it about ? Everything we see projects an image onto our retina. The retina is located at the back of the eye, inside the eyeball. In the center…
Magnesium deficiency
What is it about ? Magnesium is an important mineral for building bones and teeth and for healthy muscle function. It also plays a role in the transmission of nervous…
Hearing loss: technical rehabilitation
What is it about ? Each ear is connected by the auditory nerve to the hearing center in the brain. The ear is made up of the outer ear, which…
Hearing loss and hearing tests
What is it about ? Hearing loss is when a person can no longer hear sounds and voices well. The ear receives sounds in the form of vibrations via the…
Automatic implantable defibrillator (ICD)
What is it about ? The heart is made up of a left atrium, a right atrium, a left ventricle, and a right ventricle. These cavities are separated by partitions.…
Vitreous detachment of the eye
What is it about ? The eye is made up of several parts. The outer part is the sclera, it is the white of the eye. In the front part…
Retinal detachment
What is it about ? The eye is made up of several parts. The eye is covered on the outside with a hard sheath, the sclera or sclera, also often…
Detachment of the scapula (scapula alata or angel wings)
What is it about ? In the event of a detachment of the scapula, the scapula is found in an abnormal position. The anomaly occurs when one of the muscles…
Meniscus tear
What is it about ? The menisci are small cartilaginous discs in the knee joint. They have several roles, the first being that of absorbing shocks, during jumps for example.…
Cysticercosis (pork tapeworm infection)
What is it about ? Contamination by a pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) causes cysticercosis. The pork tapeworm is a tapeworm that has hooks with which it pierces the wall of…
Croup (diphtheria)
What is it about ? Diphtheria or croup is an extremely rare, but serious and contagious infectious disease. It is caused by bacteria: most often Corynebacterium diphteriae, even if Corynebacterium…
Normal growth and abnormal growth in children
What is it about ? Children go through several phases of growth; growth is most marked soon after birth and at the onset of puberty. Growth stops after puberty; the…
Head growth in children
What is it about ? The increase in head circumference occurs mainly in the first two years of life. The attending physician and / or the ONE physician regularly measure…
Prolonged seizure and status epilepticus
What is it about ? Epilepsy is a condition of the brain accompanied by seizures. Epilepsy is when a person has two or more seizures in a year. A seizure…