Leukemia

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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...  read full article

Aspirin and blood thinning

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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako

Since I have anemia and use Aspirin, does Aspirin worsen my anemia since it thins the blood? Of course, there is Dilutional Anemia, which occurs when the plasma volume increases without a proportional increase in the blood's cellular elements. There are a number of pathological conditions when the plasma volume increases (third trimeste...  read full article

Impotence

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Dr. Shk. Rezar Rusi

With impotence, we mean that state when a man cannot have an erection (raising of the male organ) at that level and with that strength to have sexual intercourse. Having erection problems from time to time is not necessarily a cause for concern; but if this happens in a wa...  read full article

Gastroesophageal Reflux

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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...  read full article

Clubfoot - Twisted foot or Pes equinovarus

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Dr. Ledian Fezollari

Parents now immediately know if their newborn has a clubfoot. Some know even before the child is born, if an ultrasound is done during pregnancy after week 16. A clubfoot occurs in approximately one in every 1,000 births, slightly more often in boys than in girls...  read full article

Blood infection

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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako

"You have a blood infection", has become a daily occurrence for us. And it is very difficult to then explain to the patient that "circulating blood does not get infected". The river does not get infected, the pond does. If there are pathogens in the blood (viruses - viremia, bacteria - bacteremia, fungi - fungemia, etc.), it does not mean that the blood is infected...  read full article

Infections in prepuberty

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Infections in prepuberty are not rare, therefore doctors who deal with the examination of children should be familiar with these clinical conditions. Doctors need to have the correct information regarding the wide range of variation in the appearance of the genital organs. Physiological changes occur from maternal estrogens that lead t...  read full article

Down Syndrome - Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis

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Dr. Elton Peci

Prenatal diagnosis is an integral part of maternal-fetal medicine which aims at the prenatal identification of various fetal diseases. Initially, its object was genetic diseases, chromosomal abnormalities, and fetal malformations. Later, its objectives were expanded with the detection of pre-eclampsia...  read full article

Epilepsy in children

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Dr. Shk. Artan Haruni

The treatment of Epilepsies is done with antiepileptic drugs (AED). Only two-thirds of children with Epilepsy may have complete control of seizures from medication. After 1993, we have an expansion in the production of new generation antiepileptics which, compared to the old generation of antiepileptics, are more effective and have fewer side effects...  read full article

Achilles tendon rupture

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Dr. Ledian Fezollari

The Achilles tendon is at the back of the heel. The Achilles tendon is one of the strongest tendons in our body and serves to carry out the lifting on the toes or to carry out the pushing during walking. It can be torn from sudden forces on the foot or ankle...  read full article

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