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Cirrhosis of the liver: description, symptoms, treatment options
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Description: In cirrhosis of the liver (shrunken liver), increasingly healthy tissue is transformed into functionless connective tissue (scar tissue). The liver is less and less able to fulfil its important tasks.
Symptoms: general complaints (such as fatigue, lack of appetite, weight loss), signs of hepatic skin (reddened palms and soles...
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Myocardial infarction (heart attack): warning signs, causes, therapy
A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when a blood vessel of the heart muscle (coronary artery) closes. The muscle is then cut off from the oxygen supply and can no longer do its work. A heart attack can be life threatening! It is therefore important to recognise the symptoms of a heart...
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Heart Arrhythmia: Heart Rhythm Disturbances
Heart Arrhythmia: Heart Rhythm Disturbances
At heart arrhythmia, the normal heart rate is disturbed by various causes (Source). The heart then beats...
Ganglion: Description, causes, symptoms, therapy
Ganglion: Description, causes, symptoms, therapy
A ganglion is a somewhat misleading term: it is not an ossification, but a fluid-filled bagging of...
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Low blood pressure: limits, symptoms, causes
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Salmonella poisoning (salmonellosis): infection, symptoms, treatment
Salmonella poisoning (salmonellosis) is an infection with salmonella. These bacteria can cause various diseases, including typhoid, paratyphoid and enteritis. A typhoid disease is always treated with antibiotics, an enteritis usually...
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Definition: In pleurisy (also known as pleurisy), the pleura is inflamed. This two-part layer of tissue lines the inside of the chest (pleura) and covers the lungs (pulmonary pleura).
Caution: Even though one...
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