Removing a tonsil - how do you prepare your child for the procedure?
Problems with tonsils are the bane of many parents. How do you prepare your child for the procedure? What should you pay attention to? When is a tonsillectomy necessary?
Care of the intimate area in newborns
The correct care of the baby's skin is a key element in comprehensive baby care. The skin of the intimate area, due to its specific characteristics, requires special treatment. The treatment differs...
What are healthy ways to deal with anxiety of loneliness?
Anxiety of loneliness is a feeling that can affect anyone - from those living alone, to those who feel isolated in crowds, to those who fear losing close relationships. It is a natural emotion...
Coronavirus: principles for handling in medical facilities, part 1.
The world is today grappling with a coronavirus pandemic that started with an outbreak in Wuhan, China. The existence of a new pathogen from the coronavirus family with a phylogenetic system similar...
Vocal fold lesions and diseases
Lesions of the vocal tract, particularly the vocal folds, occur in the vast majority of people whose work requires the use and emission of the voice. Changes caused by various factors may interfere...
Pneumococcus - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Pneumococci (Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria) are particularly dangerous for people in so-called risk groups.
The Baby Led Weaning (BLW) method - what is it?
Baby Led Weaning is an alternative method of introducing complementary foods into an infant's diet, based on the baby's own choice of feeding.
Constipation - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prebiotics
Prebiotics are carbohydrates that are not digested in the digestive tract, most commonly fructo- and galacto-oligosaccharides, whose beneficial biological action is to stimulate the growth of...
Enteral nutrition for patients with cancer
Enteral nutrition is the physiological method of nutrition. This type of nutrition is the method of choice in patients requiring nutritional support when a whole food diet is unable to cover energy...
Lifestyle and dental health
A nice smile nowadays is a symbol of success and an important element in creating the so-called good first impression. This can be achieved by taking care of the teeth, the condition of which depends...
Lipodemia - 'fat leg' disease
Lipodemia is a condition affecting adipose tissue, the aetiology of which is still unknown. Very often the condition is confused with other diseases (including lymphoedema). Lipid oedema manifests...
One in six school-aged children experience cyberbullying
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe today published the second volume of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, which focuses on patterns of bullying...
Menstrual cycle - menstruation
Fewer and fewer women know how to calculate the fertile and infertile days in their monthly (menstrual) cycle. They also do not know what happens in their body during the different periods of their...
Is it possible to have a healthy baby with HIV?
Anyone can be infected with HIV. This problem affects not only drug addicts, homosexuals but also heterosexuals. Scientific studies and statistics show that many pregnant women do not know that they...
Nuclear medicine
Modern medicine uses a number of devices that detect and treat cancers via radiation. Let us take a closer look at diagnosis and treatment via gamma radiation.
Sialosis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Sialosis is the name given to an enlargement of the salivary glands. The disease is usually recurrent, but not inflammatory or neoplastic in origin. The parotid glands are most often enlarged....
What is a healthy diet for men?
A healthy diet is a key part of maintaining health and fitness. For men, proper eating habits can improve physical performance, muscle strength, heart health and overall wellbeing. In this article,...
Borderline personality and eating disorders
The co-occurrence of two different psychiatric disorders at the same time, even if the symptoms are seemingly diametrically opposed, can be difficult to treat - a given symptom of the first disorder...
Fever on return from the tropics
We associate holidays with sunshine, rest and "recharging the batteries" for the next long months of work. Meanwhile, the time after our return may not be the most pleasant period, but one associated...
Recurrent herpes - what is the cause?
Herpes sends a signal to our body that the immune system is weakened. However, this is not the only reason for its recurrence. The article explains why it occurs more often in some people than others...
