Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the blue bacillus, the primary pathogen of human infectious disorders. The microorganism can be isolated from the intestines of 5% of healthy people and up to 30% of…

A migraine causes paroxysmal unilateral headaches accompanied by vomiting. Complex biochemical changes, for instance, an increased amount of serotonin and prostaglandin in the blood plasma, provoke a short spasm of the intracranial…

Acute respiratory infection features severe cataracts of the upper respiratory tract. They belong to the anthroponotic group featuring an airborne transmission mechanism. Besides, the disease often affects children. There can…

Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease causing high intraocular pressure, either periodic or constant, atrophy of the optic nerve (glaucomatose excavation), and changes in the visual field. Glaucomas can be…

Candida albicans is a constituent of the microscopic flora of the human organism. In the early 20s, candidiasis occurred relatively rarely, but in the 40s, with antibiotics, it became far more…

Cytomegalovirus contamination is possible to observe everywhere. However, we can rarely see clinical manifestations. The disease-producing agent is pathogenic to man alone. So, its cultivation in vitro is only possible…

Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx mucosa. Also, the disease can be acute and chronic. Acute laryngitis is usually isolated. As a rule, it is a variation of acute…

Toxic diffuse goitre (Graves’-Basedow’s disease) indicates the thyroid gland’s hyperplasia and hyperfunction. Hereditary factors, infections, intoxications, psychemical traumas, etc., may also prompt that condition. Factor The foundation of pathogenesis is a disturbance of…

In hypotension, systolic pressure is below 100 mm Hg, while diastolic pressure is below 60 mm Hg. The arterial can be primary and secondary. Forms of hypotension Primary or essential, it has…

Adiposity is a hypothalamic disease when fatty tissues develop excessively. The condition usually develops after reaching 40 years of age. It is typical of women. Adiposity primarily results from an…

Chronic gastritis causes inflammation of the stomach mucosa. Besides, in some cases, it affects deeper layers too. It is also a widespread disease, accounting for about thirty-five per cent of…

Anaemia is a decrease in the total amount of haemoglobin in the blood. And the reduced level of haemoglobin per unit of volume of blood characterises. But, it does not…

IDIOPATHIC HYPERTENSIA accounts for 90 per cent of all chronic hypertension cases. Today, 18-20 per cent of the adult population in economically developed countries suffer from hypertension. I.e. their arterial…

Radiculitis causes severe motor and vegetative disturbances. It develops when osteochondrosis affects the spinal cord roots. Osteochondrosis is a degenerative-dystrophic process. It results from the loss of the cushion function by…