Nutritional and metabolic disorders

A rational diet with a balanced intake of essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins is key to maintaining and improving health. What is the function of vitamins and why is their daily dietary intake important? What causes a vitamin deficiency and how does it manifest?

Cushing's syndrome is caused by excessive levels of glucocorticoids in the body. This disease is relatively rare. It is the cause of hypertension, weight gain, skin changes, or even a mental disorder. An endocrine disorder can be caused centrally in the brain or peripherally when there is a problem in the adrenal cortex.

Obesity has been called an epidemic of humanity. It significantly reduces the quality of life and shortens its duration. It is not a shame, but a serious health and aesthetic problem.

Phenylketonuria is an inherited disorder of the metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine. Phenylalanine hydroxylase is completely absent from the body. It is an enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine. Overall, this enzyme helps to accelerate several metabolic processes and processes in the body. Thus, phenylalanine accumulates in the body. It accumulates in various body fluids. It already affects children, just after birth.

Shock - informally, this term is mostly used to indicate a stress response. However, in medicine, it has a completely different meaning. It indicates a condition where a person is acutely at risk to health and life.

Gout is one of the oldest documented diseases in human history. There are reports of it dating back to antiquity. It is the only disease so described in detail by ancient physicians. Despite the known treatment, it does not belong to the past, its incidence has even increased in recent years.

Histamine intolerance is hypersensitivity to histamine. It's not an allergy. Histamine is produced naturally in our body, but we also take it through food consumption. Some contain more of it, and it causes a variety of difficulties for people suffering from it.

Metabolic syndrome is a group of disorders in the body that are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. These disorders always occur together. It poses a health threat.

Pompe disease is a lesser known and relatively rare disease. It is "transmitted" by autosomal recessive inheritance from parents to offspring.