Category diet and health

Liver cirrhosis is a chronic IRREVERSIBLE disease characterized by degeneration, hardening, scarring and functional loss of liver cells. The onset of liver cirrhosis is potentially influenced by diet. Causes of liver cirrhosis Liver cirrhosis can have multifactorial causes and according to them, the diet plays a more or less important role in the pathological course: HBV (hepatitis B virus) or HCV (hepatitis C virus) infection * Alcohol abuse * Autoimmune diseases (autoimmune cirrhosis and primary biliary cirrhosis) Metabolic disorders (Wilson's disease and hemochromatosis) Vascular disease

Cystitis Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder, usually due to an infection. It constitutes one of the most frequent diseases of the urinary tract and mainly affects the female sex. Cystitis is very annoying but rarely dangerous. The milder cases resolve spontaneously within a few days; however, some individuals tend to have frequent relapses that require specific care

Dermatitis Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin. The term dermatitis is rather generic; it can in fact be attributed to a wide range of dermatological complications. Generally, a dermatitis is manifested by: dryness, scaling, cracking, swelling of the skin, redness, itching, recurrent skin eruptions (blisters), crusting, bleeding and sometimes depigmentation (caused by healed wounds)

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an endocrine-metabolic disease that negatively affects the pancreatic insulin secretion. In subjects affected by this disease the quantity of insulin produced by the pancreas is insufficient to ensure the proper functioning of the organism; consequently, it is necessary to resort to daily injections of synthetic insulin

Definition Detoxification diet or detox diet means a real diet aimed at purifying the body of exogenous toxins, accumulated due to the contemporary lifestyle because it is conveyed by junk food, junk food, psychological stress, from drugs and environmental pollution. The detoxification diet or detox diet therefore aims to improve the general health

Dysentery Dysentery is an inflammation of the intestine that causes diarrhea mixed with mucus and blood. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain and rectal tenesmus (feeling of incomplete defecation). Dysentery is caused by some infections or infestations - such as bacterial, viral, parasitic or protozoan worms - that involve the entire intestine up to the stomach (gastroenteritis)

The so-called "diverticulitis diet" is not a system for treating diverticular mattia, but a method aimed at preventing the evolution of the disease. Although we cannot eliminate intestinal diverticula through a correct diet, we therefore have the opportunity to prevent inflammation. What is diverticulitis

Colonoscopy Colonoscopy is an endoscopic examination aimed at observing the intestinal mucosa of the large intestine and the distal part of the small intestine. It uses a fiber optic camera, mounted at the apex of a flexible tube that is inserted through the anus. A colonoscopy can thus provide a visual diagnosis (for example of ulcers, polyps, diverticula, cancerous lesions etc); if necessary, this exam also offers the possibility of performing a biopsy or the removal of suspected cancerous or precancerous lesions (polyps) in the rectal colon; these, once removed, must be studied under a micro

Hepatitis A Hepatitis A is a type of viral infection that affects the liver; sporadic in Europe, is instead quite frequent in other parts of the world, such as, for example, Africa and India. The hepatitis A virus is contracted mainly by "fecal-oral", which is why it is more widespread in countries characterized by precarious hygienic conditions

Esophagitis Esophagitis is an inflammatory lesion that affects the tissues of the esophagus. Belonging to the digestive tract, the esophagus is the conduit that (thanks to a peristaltic action) transports food from the mouth to the stomach. Esophagitis can cause pain and difficulty in swallowing, and suffering in the thoracic area