Tag: Abscess
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Splenomegaly
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ANATOMY: The spleen is located in the left hypochondrium in the diaphragmatic dome. The normal rate measuring 10 to 12 cm in height and it is not palpable. In adulthood, the spleen has a role as defense barrier against encapsulated bacteria, physiological destruction of red blood cells. The spleen is an organ with multiple functions:…
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Inflammation
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The inflammatory process is the set of local and systemic reaction processes of the body in response to any form of exogenous and endogenous tissue aggression. It is recognized clinically by the 4 cardinal signs of Galen: heat, redness, swelling (tumor), pain. It tends to mitigate and repair the effects of the attack but his…
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Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. The transmission is fecal-oral (hands, water and food contaminated with feces containing amoebic cysts). Usually, ingested cysts release in the intestine of non-pathogenic amoebae and 90% of carriers are asymptomatic. In a small number of people infected, pathogenic amoebae penetrate the mucous colon: the…
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