Low blood pressure( arterial hypotension) is a reduction in pressure in the blood vessels with cardiac weakness, anemia, as well as with a decrease in the tone of the tissues of organs. Thi...

Cancer( carcinoma) of the prostate is a malignant tumor that develops due to abnormal and uncontrolled cell division of the prostate gland, the size of a walnut located directly beneath the bl...

Deforming arthrosis is the most common joint disease caused by premature aging and degeneration of articular cartilage. It is known as a degenerative joint disease, is the gradual age-rela...

Depression is a disease, a state of low mood in a person, in which there is constant sadness, melancholy, apathy, fear, a sense of loss, irritability and loss of interest in daily activities. ...

Ovarian cancer - is the most aggressive malignant tumor in one or both ovaries. This disease ranks seventh among the most common types of cancer in women. Although the total number of diseas...

Brain tumor is an unusual proliferation of cells in the brain or in the membranes surrounding the brain. The most frequent brain tumors in adults are gliomas and meningiomas. Although brain...

Varicocele ( varicocele) is an expansion of the veins of the spermatic cord, representing enlarged, knotty, swollen( varicose) veins in the scrotum. Veins are vessels that return blood to ...

Neurocirculatory dystonia( vegetative-vascular dystonia) is a disease accompanied by vasomotor disorders and discordant reactions in various parts of the vascular system. Among the causes t...

Inflammation of the peritoneum( peritonitis) develops when pathogenic microbes are introduced into it or some chemicals are ingested. The peritoneum is a two-layered membrane that lining the...

Breast cancer( female breast) belongs to one of the most common forms of cancer in women, which is the proliferation of malignant cells in the chest. In men, it is rare. It occurs not only in...

There is no other sound that makes your back goosebumps like a crash with which your child's head hits hard floor. Hematomas and bleeding from the scalp top the list of calls to the doctor about ...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease, a protozoal infection caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which has a complex development cycle. This infection is characterized by a ...

Blumberg symptom ( in the domestic literature Shchetkina - Blumberg) - this is a symptom by the names of the obstetrician who described him. Shchetkina, 1851-1923, and the German surgeon and...

Diarrhea is a dilution( the stool can be watery or mushy) and more frequent( more than 3 times a day) stool, accompanied by the release of more than 200 g of feces of a changed consistency pe...

Lamblia( Lamblia intestinalis) is a small flagellar parasite that causes lesions of the small intestine and liver . For the first time lamblia were described by the Russian scientist D.F....

Cervical erosion is one of the most common diseases of the female genital area. More often, erosion does not reveal itself, but reveals its gynecologist with gynecological examination. But som...

Osteochondrosis of the spine is the most severe form of degenerative-dystrophic spine injury. This process is based on the degeneration of the intervertebral disc with the subsequent involveme...

Pancreatitis ( from the Greek "pancreas" - pancreas and the suffix "it", which means inflammation) - inflammation of the pancreas. The term was introduced by the ancient Roman physician Galen in ...