21 March - World Down Syndrome Day
on 21 March we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. This date is not coincidental, as people with Down Syndrome have three chromosomes instead of two in the 21st pair of chromosomes. This holiday was...
Mononucleosis, or kissing disease
Mononucleosis is a disease that typically affects children and adolescents, but it can also develop in patients of other age groups. Symptoms of mononucleosis can be a cause for concern, such as an...
8 March - World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day was established at the initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundation and has been celebrated since 2006. It is a...
Stroke: a disease that also affects children
Stroke is a disease that is typically associated with the elderly. In reality, however, the condition can occur at any age - including in children and even newborns. What could be the symptoms of a...
Cystic fibrosis - a dangerous genetic disease
Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections, restricts the ability to breathe and causes dysfunction in other internal organs. The disease is one of the...
Heart in tuberous sclerosis
Tuberous sclerosis belongs to a group of diseases with a genetic basis, the first cardiac symptoms of which can already be observed during foetal life. The rhabdomyoma tumours present in the heart...
Yersiniosis - increasingly being diagnosed?
Yersiniosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease that takes the form of enteritis, with abdominal pain and often high fever. Infection most often occurs through the consumption of undercooked meat or...
Is broth really an effective way to fight a cold?
There are many ways to treat a cold. Examples include the use of various over-the-counter specifics bought from the pharmacy, but also various home remedies for treating a cold. Raspberry juice,...
Jaundice in the newborn baby
Jaundice in newborns is the most common symptom observed during the first hours and days of life. Early jaundice, is associated with elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood - the highest during...
New category in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a congenital genetic disorder involving mutations in the CFTR gene. Due to the scale of the prevalence of the disease, screening for cystic fibrosis has been carried out in Poland...
Plagiocephaly and its treatment
Pregnancy is one of the happiest moments in life. The crowning event of giving birth and welcoming a baby into the world is a special moment. The tests that are carried out during pregnancy are...
Ondine's Curse - an entity that can kill in your sleep ...
In medicine, there are many different disease entities with mysterious-sounding names. Wegener's granulomatosis, fish odour disease or Burkitt's lymphoma are just a few examples. An entity with also...
Birk - Barel syndrome - do you know what this disease is?
Genetic diseases result from changes in both individual genes and in the structure of entire chromosomes. Unfortunately, many genetic changes are caused by spontaneous mutations that are beyond our...
Distant effects of respiratory infections in children
When it comes to various childhood illnesses, it is not uncommon for parents to worry about whether these individuals will lead to any future complications. In most cases, most likely not, but it is...
Do you know what cherubism is ?
The human genetic code, encodes information about all the characteristics of each of us - appearance, eye colour, hair colour, freckles, taste preferences, tastes. Changes in the genetic code result...
Children who lose their father may develop genetic defects
It is not uncommon to hear the opinion that the mother is the most important person for the child. However, the role of the father in a young person's life should definitely not be overlooked;...
Sunset syndrome - what is it ?
When observing their young child, more than once parents notice that " something" in the child's appearance makes them uneasy. Seemingly everything is fine, the child is smiling, playing - but...
Cutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease in children
Lyme disease is a condition caused by infection with Lyme spirochetes, which are usually transmitted by ticks. The main symptoms characterised by Lyme disease are the cutaneous manifestations in...
Popular drugs can reverse the effects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy?
Alcohol is definitely forbidden during pregnancy - abstinence is recommended for pregnant women on the grounds that alcohol consumption puts the baby at risk of foetal alcohol syndrome. There are...
Neuroinfections in children - causes, symptoms, treatment and forms of prevention
Neuroinfections are the common name for infectious diseases of the nervous system, of which meningitis and encephalitis are the most common in children. Due to the difficulty of contact, especially...
