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Dr. Arjeta Bebeci
The disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus alveolaris. Echinococcus granulosus is found mainly in countries where sheep pasturing is present, areas engaged in animal husbandry, and where the internal organs of animals are allowed to be used. These areas include Southern Europe, the Middle East, Australi...
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Dr. Ledian Fezollari
The pain in the lower part of the back is described as an immediate, sharp, and persistent pain or as a dull pain felt in the lower part of the back. It is common and affects most people during their lifetime. In most cases, it starts suddenl...
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Dr. Shk. Albana Duni
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is the most common disease of the esophagus and has to do with the return of stomach secretions to the esophagus. This return occurs as a consequence of the loss of tone of the lower gastroesophageal sphincter, which is located precisely at the junction of the esophagus with the stomach. This sphincter plays the role o...
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Dr. Kozeta Mustafaraj
Genital herpes is primarily caused by the Herpes Simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) but in some cases can be caused by type HSV 1 (through oro-genital contact). Regardless of the type, the characteristics for both types remain indistinguishable from one another. Transmission of this virus is only through humans...
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Prof. Pellumb Pipero
There has been much discussion about the virus circulating from wild animals to humans in a food market in Wuhan, where wild animals were traded and manipulated. Initially, the night bats were falsely accused, but later it turned out that no night bats were ever traded in that market. Another wild animal, a pangolin, was also accused...
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Dr. Ilir Agastra
In the painting "The Fountain of Youth" (1546, State Museums Berlin), Lucas Cranach has depicted the famous landscape where old and crippled people, upon reaching an oasis, washed and swam in the magical water, which made them pass to the other side young, rejuvenated, and ready to start a new life...
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Dr. Florentina Robelli
Glaucoma is a term that describes a group of eye disorders that have the common characteristic of increased pressure of the eye fluid (aqueous humour), which is called intraocular pressure. The intraocular pressure of the eye is measured in millimeters of mercury column. The normal values of intraocular pressure are 12-22 mmHg...
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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU
The prostate is a gland of the male sexual apparatus located below the urinary bladder and in front of the rectum. Traditionally, the prostate gland presents 4 lobes, but more often the subdivision according to McNeal is used, which states that the prostate consists of: Peripheral zone that constitutes about 70% of the prostate tissu...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
Leukemia (leucemia, leukosis) represents a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors (neoplasms), with varying degrees of proliferation, differentiation, and cellular maturation, originating from the precursor cells of the blood's formed elements in the Bone Marrow (BM). Leukemia is classified among the "liquid" tumors and differ...
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Dr. Fitim Sinani
We all have a car that we drive, and we even have knowledge about some of its parts. Thus, you might have heard about the shock absorbers (both rubber and metal) that are placed in the tire part and whose function is to prevent the car's weight from falling entirely on the tire, but rather this weight is cushioned, meaning it is eased. Likewise, i...
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