• Our daily stress

    In these difficult times in the world, human beings suffer from stress, an illness that affects the body and unbalances the existence of individuals.

  • Arthroscopy in children

    Today's consultation is something sui generis if we take into account that we generally address a specific condition in each one of this section, while on this occasion we approach Dr. C Alejandro Alvarez López, Professor and Senior Researcher, and Second Degree specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, from the Eduardo Agramonte Piña Pediatric Hospital, in this city, to address the issue of Arthroscopy, a surgical procedure in children.

  • Increased frequency of condyloma acuminatum in young people

    Condyloma acuminatum, also called genital wart, is an exophytic neoformation (abnormal growth that protrudes from the surface of a tissue), generally multiple, pink or white-greyish in color, on the surface of which filiform projections (appearance of elongated thread) or papillomatous can be seen. They are usually located in the anogenital region and are usually asymptomatic, although they sometimes present with pain or itching.

  • What should you know about Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia?

     The Immunological Thrombocytopenic Purpura disease is so named because it can produce purple patches or spots on the skin, Thrombocytopenic because platelets drop to less than 100,000 cubic millimeters (mm3) and Immunological due to the presence of antibody against the platelets. Currently called Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia, to define the absence of an underlying cause that justifies the decline of platelets and the term purpura is eliminated because the disease does not always produce them.

  • The immune system in children

    Upon entering the context of immunology, Dr. Maricela Velázquez Hernández, specialist in Immunology and Comprehensive General Medicine (MGI), Instructor Professor and Master in Infectious Diseases, from the Eduardo Agramonte Piña Pediatric Hospital, in this city, unveiled its main features.

  • Taking care of others and taking care of yourself: an act of love

    The meaning of caregivers has become essential in our society, and when I say essential, I do so from the point of view of the population itself, although this does not mean that the State disregards the term, its responsibility, causes and consequences.

  • The Mortality of Heroes

    Health personnel constitute a special population that is doubly vulnerable to COVID-19. While the risk of getting sick and dying is one of the most fatal consequences related to the pandemic, they not only feel threatened by the virus within their work area, but also by constant concern for those who leave home.

  • Birth defects, planning is the key

    By congenital defect is understood any alteration in morphology, say the structure or function, that may appear from birth and does not necessarily have to be diagnosed at the time of delivery.

  • The cobblestone roads of a teenage pregnancy

    Currently there are many cases that we see of pregnant adolescents between 12 and 19 years old. Once this happens, no path we take will be correct, they will all be paved and full of risks ”, commented to Adelante Digital Daymi Saavedra Moredo, 2nd. Degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology, master's degree in Comprehensive Care for Women and assistant professor who attends the infant and adolescent provincial consultation.

  • Endocrinology and fertility

    The World Health Organization (WHO) establishes the classification and management of infertility. In the first group are women who do not ovulate and a significant number of them respond to endocrine disorders; in a second place organic alterations are collected in the fallopian tubes, the cervix, the uterus and the ovaries; in the third, those of immunological causes.

  • Knowing about syphilis is the best prevention method

    Although the subject of syphilis is not alien to us, it is appropriate to address it given the importance of unknown details, because when considering it as easy as we sometimes think, false visions and even myths are created around it.

  • What not to forget about COVID-19?

    For various reasons, including the health situation the world is experiencing, from which Cuba does not escape, publications in this section ceased. Today we resume it precisely with the issue of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19, because despite the fact that much has been written and said about this pandemic declared as such by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th of the current year, due to the "youth" of the disease, all we know is little to avoid suffering from it.

  • Habitual Scabies, although not the only one

    The scabies is a contagious illness caused by the infestation of the skin, by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, hominis variety that can appear in any stage of the life, in diverse social layers, although it is more frequent where it predominates over the overcrowding, and when the hygienic practices are scarce.

  • Do you suffer from epilepsy?

    To Dr. Demetrio J. Carbonell Perdomo, 2nd specialist. Degree in Clinical Neurology, Assistant Professor of that specialty, of the Ana Betancourt maternal and child hospital in this city, I appreciate the time he dedicated to me, little as that of most of our doctors, who finish their consultations and without a break respond to a questionnaire, without previous presentation.

  • Facing pediculosis, avoiding is the best

    Pediculosis are parasitic dermatosis caused by the presence of parasites in the skin and adnexal structures, the latter include, among other parts, the hairs, and they feed on our body and use it for its life cycle, as those tiny insects feed on human blood.

  • Takotsubo syndrome: as if the heart was broken

    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy consists of a change in the geometry of the left ventricle * of the heart that normally has an ellipsoid shape and when this organ is subjected to unusual stress, it can change that shape towards an ovoid and the segments of the middle towards the tip of the heart stop moving and only the segments of the base do.