A Doctor´s Appointment
Urban tribes in consultation?
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
The term tribe is very ancient and in some young people who integrate them it is characterized by prioritizing the sexuality, the music, the fashion, and they walk in group to look for their identity, with a behavior in contrast with the established in the culture that a majority qualifies as normal, therefore, it is known as subculture.
Read more ...Habitual Scabies, although not the only one
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
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.
Read more ...Rheumatoid arthritis in children
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona / Adelante
Rheumatic diseases are a set of conditions where the inflammatory joint or periarticular process predominates, and is accompanied by other manifestations. They have been known for a long time, even several authors say that Hippocrates and Galen, professionals of antiquity, admitted them in very specific cases.
Read more ...Cervical cancer: not only a matter of women
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
Cervical cancer is a very common condition in our media and is considered to occur in women of childbearing age, although the age group is decreasing. It was said by Dr. Gustavo Crespo Campo, 2nd Degree specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Assistant Professor of Histology, with a diploma in Oncology Gynecology and Higher Medical Education, and head of the teaching department, of the provincial hospital of Oncology María Curie, of this city.
Read more ...Do you suffer from epilepsy?
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
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
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
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.
For a shade in the lungs: an appointment in Camaguey
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/ Adelante
In the University Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech, in Camaguey, there is a weekly appointment known as Pulmonary Shade. It was created on November, 2015 because the lung cancer patients need the attention and treatment of specialist of several branches of medicine.
Takotsubo syndrome: as if the heart was broken
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
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.
Maternal and Child Care: When technology counts on time
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/Adelante
If a Program is known and recognized by the population within the National Public Health System, it is undoubtedly that of Maternal and Child Care (PAMI). In order to maintain its results, it needs a whole gear so technology does not escape. For that reason I came to Dr. Amaralis Trull Martínez, Second Degree specialist in Imaging and Assistant Professor of the Provincial Center of Medical Genetics, assigned to the Ana Betancourt maternal and child hospital in this city, a whole authority within this branch of Medicine .



