Conjunto de enfermedades pulmonares que obstruyen la circulación de aire y dificultan la respiración. El enfisema y la bronquitis crónica son las afecciones más comunes que forman parte de la EPOC. El daño a los pulmones ocasionado por la EPOC es irreversible. Los síntomas incluyen dificultad para respirar, sibilancia o tos crónica. Los inhaladores de rescate y los esteroides orales o inhalados pueden controlar los síntomas y minimizar el daño.
Although Doctor's Day is celebrated worldwide on December 3, in Mexico it will be commemorated this Friday, October 23, because the Convention of Confederate Medical Unions of the Republic established this date in 1937, in honor of Doctor Valentín Gómez Farías, who inaugurated the Establishment of Medical Sciences in Mexico City that same day, but in 1833.
Since 1998, every October 22 is celebrated the World Stuttering Awareness Day, institutionalized by the International Stuttering Association (ISA), known in the Spanish-speaking world as the International Stuttering Association (ISAD). With the support of the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the European League of Stuttering Associations.
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the cells of the breast. After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common type diagnosed in women in the United States. Breast cancer can occur in both men and women; however, it is much more common in women.
Imagine a thin hose through which water passes and suddenly a plug of gelatin forms that does not let the water pass. The same can happen in the veins and arteries of the body where a blood plug forms.