What is a healthy diet for people with migraine problems?
A migraine is much more than a simple headache - it is a chronic neurological condition that affects millions of people around the world, causing intense, throbbing pain, often accompanied by nausea,...
Pathological desire to amputate one's own limb: apotemnophilia
Apotemnophilia is a rare and extremely emotionally charged psychological disorder involving a patient's desire to amputate their own limb. Despite the passage of many years since the first...
Bloody diarrhoea in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Bloody diarrhoea is defined as the passing of loose stools containing admixtures of fresh blood. According to paediatric definitions, diarrhoea is defined as passing at least 3 or more loose stools...
Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents
Among the anxiety disorders that can occur in children are generalised anxiety disorder, separation anxiety or specific phobias. What symptoms should parents be concerned about, as they may be...
The impact of reading on mental health
In a world dominated by television, computer games, freely available films on the Internet and ever newer and more sophisticated applications for phones, it would seem that traditional reading -...
What are healthy ways to cope with feelings of aimlessness?
A sense of aimlessness is a deeply felt feeling of a lack of meaning, direction or motivation in life that can affect anyone - regardless of age, status or circumstances. It often manifests itself as...
Rejuvenation with own cells
For several years now, intensive research has been conducted in aesthetic medicine on the use of transplants of own cells to 'rejuvenate' the skin. During this year's International Congress of...
Narcolepsy and sleep disorders
The increased interest in sleep disorders is prompting today's medicine to address the subject within a separate field of health problems. One of these is narcolepsy, which occurs in approximately...
Fatigue and lethargy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
What is fatigue and what are the disease causes of fatigue? Everyone needs rest, relaxation and essential nutrients, the lack of which can upset the body's normal functioning and even cause...
How to treat haemorrhoids - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoids are defined as bleeding nodules that occur in both men and women. Most patients do not go to a specialist with this problem because they are ashamed of the problem. At present, there are...
Chickenpox - infectiousness to the environment
Chickenpox is a highly infectious disease. Among children who are not immunised against smallpox, the risk of contracting the disease after contact with the virus reaches almost 100%.
Hypnosis in modern psychiatry. Superstition or useful tool?
What is hypnosis in medical terms? Let us try to imagine a state of alcoholic intoxication - we seem to function, we seem to talk to our companions, but nevertheless our perception of the surrounding...
'I don't know what I'm feeling' - what is alexithymia and can it be cured?
"I don't know what I'm feeling" - sometimes it's just a temporary disorientation after a difficult day. But for some people this phrase is an everyday occurrence. In a world that is getting louder...
Watch out for echinococcosis!
Echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the echinococcus tapeworm. Echinococcosis can take two forms - unicellular and multicellular. Echinococcosis can have very serious complications, so it...
How to live and win with diabetes?
Diabetes is categorised as a chronic disease of civilisation that affects an increasing percentage of people. Diabetes is characterised by a set of symptoms that make it all the more dangerous for...
How to manage diabetes problems?
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterised by elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels, resulting from problems with the production or...
Human coronaviruses - a historical overview, part 1.
Coronaviruses were first described in the 1960s. They caused few clinical symptoms, hence there was relatively little interest in this group of viruses. However, the situation changed when the...
What are healthy ways to improve concentration?
Concentration is the ability to focus on one task while ignoring all distractions. In today's stimulus-filled world, staying focused can be a challenge. Fortunately, there are many healthy methods...
Fruit in the diet of a cancer patient
Both fruit and vegetables are rich in valuable compounds that protect against the development of cancer, as well as those that support the body during treatment.
Immune thrombocytopenia in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Immune thrombocytopenia (abbreviated ITP-immune thrombocytopenia), previously also called spontaneous thrombocytopenia or Werlhof's disease, is one of the most common blood diseases affecting...
