Coronary heart disease
Illness creeps in unnoticed
Coronary heart disease develops gradually and by the time when it manifests itself, it usually goes very far.
For the first time, the disease manifests itself in different ways: myocardial infarction, angina, or a sudden cardiac catastrophe. caused by cardiac arrhythmias. In patients with newly developed angina, as a rule, narrowing is found in the coronary arteries (atherosclerotic plaques). Continue reading
Burns in children are very dangerous
Surgeons have alarming statistics: among the total number of people who received burns, more than 30 — 35% are children, and almost half of them are very small — up to three years.
The smaller the child, the greater the danger for him is a burn injury. Even superficial burns. if they are extensive in size, they always endanger the lives of children, and limited deep burns often lead to disability from an early age. Continue reading
To remove the adenoids or to wait?
Third amygdala. What role does it play in the body?
Can adenoids affect a child’s academic performance?
Operation is done. Do you need further treatment?
…The child’s mouth is always half open. He does not even close it in his sleep, he snorts, snores, often wakes up and gets up in the morning sluggish, with a headache. An experienced doctor, even in appearance may suggest that he has adenoids. Continue reading
Limbic system (human Nervous system)
The limbic system consists of various anatomically and functionally related formations of the brain. Some of them belong to the subcortex, others — to the cortex, but not to the new one, which covers the surface of the large hemispheres, and to the old, ancient, which took place in the process of evolutionary development in the depths of the brain. Thus, both subcortical and cortical formations of the limbic system are located in the depth of the brain, and they are paired, since there are both in the right and in the left hemisphere. Continue reading
Premature baby
A premature baby is considered to be a child born before the 38th week of pregnancy, having a body weight of less than 2500 grams, body length—less than 45 centimeters.
The viability of a premature baby depends not only on the weight of the body and the time of birth, but also on how the mother’s pregnancy proceeded.
A premature baby is born more weakened if the mother suffers from cardiovascular, gynecological, endocrine diseases, kidney diseases, suffered infectious diseases during pregnancy, smoked, drank alcohol. Continue reading