DIABETES
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism, the process that converts the food we eat into energy. Insulin is the most important factor in this process. During digestion food is broken down to create glucose, the main source of fuel for the body. This glucose into the blood, which allows insulin to enter cells. (Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach).
In people with diabetes, one of two components of this system fails: Continue reading
DEFINITION
Epilepsy is a brain disease that causes muscle contractions cyclical, appearing as partial seizures or general. Epilepsy usually cover all forms of seizures of cerebral origin who have no other known source, affecting 0.5% of the population chronically. But can transiently affect up to 5% of the population.
CAUSES
The emergence of typical seizures of epilepsy are often related to the possible causes. It usually starts in hormonal changes (during pregnancy, menstruation) or physical stimuli Continue reading
Causes
Bone infection can be caused by bacteria (most common) or fungal (less common).
Description
Normally the body puts into action the mechanisms of coagulation and the wound closed quickly. When a vessel is damaged, close, so less blood flowing, then the platelets in the blood to stick together and form a kind of wall to close the wound. It forms a fine network of fibrin, creating a patch, it stops blood loss and tissue renewal begins.
In the blood are always present the necessary elements (platelets and fibrin) for Continue reading
