Rare diseases (RD) or minority diseases are those that have a low prevalence in the population. To be considered rare, each specific disease can only affect a limited number of people. Specifically, when it affects less than 5 out of every 10,000 inhabitants. However, rare pathologies affect a large number of people, since according to … Read more
Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause different clinical manifestations, mainly respiratory, and can also present asymptomatically in a high percentage of cases (in 80% of cases the symptomatology is mild). In approximately 16.2% of these cases it can become very severe, producing a bilateral hypoxemic pneumonia (with low blood oxygen levels), which makes it necessary to … Read more
Internal Medicine experts define anemia as a decrease in peripheral blood hemoglobin concentration below 13 g/dL in adult males and 12 g/dL in adult females, or a decrease in hematocrit below 39% in males and 37% in females. In situations such as pregnancy, heart failure and edematous states, the hemoglobin figures may be falsely decreased … Read more
Vasculitides are a large and heterogeneous group of diseases, which have in common an inflammation of the blood vessels, which narrow and cause a lack of blood supply to the tissues. Causes of vasculitis There are numerous causes of vasculitis. They are classified into two types: primary, when the origin of the disease is unknown, … Read more
“Female or male, of any age, although increasingly younger, who have varied symptoms, generally chronic and subjective in nature, with the history of studies by various medical specialists, and very exhaustive complementary studies, with no definite findings of concrete organic disease currently known, and poor response to treatments”. This would be, broadly speaking, the summary … Read more
Autoimmune diseases are a group of pathologies of unknown cause, but with a genetic predisposition. They are characterized because they usually produce an immune disorder in which the body’s defenses are turned against itself, normally with the production of autoantibodies and inflammatory states that can alter one or several organs. They affect approximately 15% of … Read more
The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM), especially type 2 DM, is high in the general population in our environment, especially among those over 50 years of age. The coexistence of COVID-19 and DM can generate important complications and serious health problems. Diabetics infected with SARS-CoV-2 have a higher rate of hospital admission, severe pneumonia and … Read more
Definition, diagnosis, importance and types of Hypertension Arterial hypertension (HT) is defined by a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≧ 140 mmHg or diastolic BP (DBP) ≧ 90 mmHg measured in consultation. This definition is based on evidence from multiple randomized controlled studies indicating that treatment of patients with these blood pressure (BP) values is beneficial. … Read more
In 1997, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) defined diabetes mellitus (DM) as a clinical syndrome encompassing different nosological entities. This new concept of diabetic disease was ratified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1998. Its definition indicates that it is a group of metabolic diseases whose common link is hyperglycemia secondary to a deficit … Read more
In recent years, cases of syphilis have been increasing steadily since 2000. This infection is becoming increasingly common and, if left untreated, can lead to serious damage to the health of those who suffer from it. Dr. Marta Herrero Romero, a specialist in infectious diseases, explains the general aspects of this infection, the types that … Read more