New method for mirroring of the bile ducts
The bile ducts are a delicate transition system through which the bile is transported from their place of origin, the liver, to the intestine. Here it performs important work in digestion, especially fatty foods. Because the bile ducts are very close and branched, imaging techniques for the diagnosis of diseases such as biliary strictures, gallstones or tumors for modern medical devices are a challenge. In routine medical bile ducts could be represented only indirectly through X-ray technology, which made it difficult a detailed diagnosis and treatment. Using the so-called “direct cholangioscopy” biliary tract disease can be detected not only better, but also treated in the same step. The advantages of the method. How can biliary tract disease previously diagnosed? Research method is currently the so-called “endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In this case, in anesthetized patients an endoscope will be...
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Winter sports in pregnancy.
A pregnancy is not only fun, but also worries. The expectant parents want to take any chances and are often confused. Is skiing in pregnancy dangerous or risks can be reduced? Pregnant during the winter holidays? If the attending physician does not concern a winter holiday is always a good idea. Strained trips should be avoided, however. What exactly is exhausting, is located on the carrying capacity of the pregnant women. Sporty women have no problems with long hikes or lightweight climbing. Caution but with trips over 1800 meters , because here the oxygen content of the air decreases. This strains the pregnant woman and is unhealthy for the child. The temperatures, however, are hardly problematic for the child. The body of the mother, makes an increasing circulation to ensure that the baby is not damaged. Freeze or sweat...
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Is there any protection against Ebola?
Ebola is the “plague of the modern era”. But Ebola is as dangerous and there is really what protection against infection? These questions are answered below. Ebola is a viral disease and a zoonosis. This means that the disease is transmitted from animals to humans. Bats in the southern Sahara carry the virus, but the disease itself usually only slightly. And apes may become infected. It is believed that the infected monkeys ate fruit for which the bats had contact. People also stuck at in this way, or through the consumption of diseased animals. Person to person transmission of the often-fatal disease is only possible via body fluids. Most infections from person to person via direct contact with the deceased who are highly infectious. There are five types of Ebola, where mortality is different high. What are the symptoms...
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AIDS transmission and HIV infection: prejudices and facts
HIV and AIDS call in us a particular fear. Opposite HIV-positive people there is still reluctance the part of society. In today’s blog post some known prejudices and fears will be reviewed. 1. HIV and AIDS are the same. No. When one speaks of a HIV-positive people, you usually mean that when this person an HIV infection is present, but that disease, the mean AIDS (certain so-called opportunistic infections and tumors), are not yet available. For this purpose, the immune system must have been weakened by the HIV virus in the course after the infection. 2. It detects when a person is HIV-positive. No. Whether someone is infected by the HIV virus, can not be recognized. If in diseases that match AIDS manifestations, actual HIV infection is based, can only be determined by an HIV test. 3. Each sex...
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Dealing with alcohol
Alcohol – addiction or pleasure? Alcohol enjoys wide acceptance in our society, not least because it is in this country legally. The fact that nevertheless is a drug that is forgotten. Dancing, football matches, open air festivals or parties you can not imagine without alcohol. They belong to each other seemingly simple and the selection of mixed drinks is huge. Who does not drink alcohol, is regarded as stuffy, because alcohol makes fun and easy and also helps while relaxing. But where is the limit? Where the consumption of alcohol brings risks? Surprisingly, the limit is lower than you might think. Risky use of alcohol begins when one day consumed more than 2 glasses (as a man) or a glass a day (as a woman) to more than 5 days a week. It is based on the so-called standard...
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