Hemoglobinopathies

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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako

Hemoglobinopathies are inherited diseases, caused by the defective production of hemoglobin protein chains. This includes a large group of diseases, but the main and most common in our country are Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemias. They are most prevalent in the Mediterranean, South America, India, Africa, Caribbean...  read full article

Febrile Convulsions

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Dr. Shk. Artan Haruni

Febrile convulsions are considered the most common type of convulsions in children aged 3 months to 5 years. Convulsions are involuntary shakings of the limbs with body toning. They have been distinguished from other types of convulsions since the mid-19th century. At that time, the treatment consiste...  read full article

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

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Dr. Ervin Jonuzi

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament is the knee ligament that is damaged more often than other ligaments of this joint. In most cases, the ligament is damaged in people who participate in sports activities. Since in recent years sports activities have become an increasingly important part of lif...  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

Biliary atresia

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Dr. Arjeta Bebeci

Biliary atresia is one of the main causes of cholestatic jaundice in neonates. It is a rare disease of the liver and biliary ducts that is encountered in newborns. Symptoms of the disease appear around two to eight weeks after birth. Hepatocytes produce bile which helps in the digestion of fats an...  read full article

Genital Prolapse

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Genital prolapse is the descent of the genital organs from their normal position in the pelvis, down into the vagina. Some of the types of genital prolapse are: Uterine prolapse is the descent of the uterus from its normal position in the pelvis, down to different levels of the vagina or outside of it. Cystourethrocele is the descent of the bladder...  read full article

Hydatid disease of the liver

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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...  read full article

Ozone in chronic leg ulcers

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Dr. Ilir Agastra

A chronic leg ulcer is called any wound below the knee that does not heal within a 6-week period. It is a common pathology that affects about 1% of the population and up to 3% of people over 65 years old. CLU has a major impact on the quality of life of the person as well as on the cost of the health care system...  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

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

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