What is pain?

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Dr. Ilir Agastra

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described as such. Several very important concepts are hidden in this definition: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. Unlike other sensations such as sight, hearing, smell, taste...  read full article

When IVF ends without success

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Dr. Elton Peci

The first question a patient will ask in case they get a negative test after an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedure is "Why did my IVF cycle fail?" A failed IVF cycle is a very delicate and very difficult moment for the patient… It is painful because all the hopes tha...  read full article

Ultrasound during pregnancy

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Dr. Elton Peci

Ultrasound, or otherwise called ultrasonography, is a method for obtaining images of internal organs by sending high frequency sound waves into the body. These waves are recorded and presented as an image in real time. In the echo procedure, there is no ionizing radiation...  read full article

Nuchal Translucency

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Nuchal translucency is an ultrasonographic manifestation of the physiological accumulation of fluid in the skin behind the fetal neck during the first trimester of pregnancy. NT increases in fetuses with chromosomal anomalies, cardiac defects, and other genetic syndromes. Screening with NT detects 80% of fetuses with trisomy 21 and aneuploidy...  read full article

Disc hernia and physiotherapy

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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...  read full article

Vaginal fungi

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Dr. Jonida Reveli

Yeast is an organism that normally lives in the vaginal mucosa in small amounts. Vaginal yeast infection occurs when the number of fungal yeast cells that grow in the vagina increases. At least 75% of women experience at least one episode of vaginal yeast infection during their lifetime. Although it is an infection that causes discomfor...  read full article

Pregnancy monitoring

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Dr. Elton Peci

Preconception health care is the care that a woman of childbearing age receives before pregnancy. This type of care monitors biomarker, behavioral, and social risk factors that may affect the health of the woman and the fetus. The goal is to provide information and treatment before pregnanc...  read full article

Diabetic wounds

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Dr. Tauland Qyrdedi

One of the most common complications of Diabetes are hard-to-heal wounds. The numerous factors that increase the likelihood for diabetics to have wounds, which can later become infected, include: Changes (damages) in the blood vessels (microangiopathy) - cause a hypoxic condition in tissue...  read full article

Menopause

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Dr. Elton Peci

Menopause is that period of a woman's life in which menstruation stops and never comes again. Menopause is part of the natural aging process in women. In this phase, the ovaries no longer produce oocytes (eggs) and the hormones estrogen and progesterone, and pregnancy becomes impossible for the woman...  read full article

Thyroid tumors

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Dr. Riselda Tahiraj

Thyroid Carcinomas (TC) are rare (3.6% of all human tumors) but are the most common endocrine malignancies. Their incidence has increased in recent decades, attributed to the detection of carcinomas < 1cm through the use of neck ultrasound. The male-to-female ratio is 4/1. The average age at diagnosis is...  read full article

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