Digestion and the gastrointestinal tract

Salmonellosis affects the digestive tract. It is one of the most common diarrheal diseases of both children and adults.

Why are probiotics important, if at all? Do we need them? How safe are they?

Even a common activity such as preparing and eating food can be quite poisoning. The ubiquitous bacteria, viruses and parasites are waiting for their opportunity to multiply and cause problems. It only takes a little carelessness or carelessness to get them into our bodies. They can cause a variety of problems in the human body, from banal, spontaneously receding to serious damage to health. How to avoid such food poisoning and what is "dirty hands disease"?

Mushroom poisoning is one of the most common types of poisoning ever. It is most often encountered during the mushroom harvest season.

Portal hypertension is serious for several reasons. Firstly, the causes that provoke it, and secondly, the complications that arise from it.

Abdominal pain, bloating, discomfort in the lower abdomen are also a signal of stuck winds.

Hemorrhoids or as know also as piles, are a frequent problem of adults with a significant impact on comfort and often even ones' psyche.

Abdominal pain can be dull, sharp and in the form of cramps. It accompanies various abdominal diseases and other health problems. So, what does it mean?

Magnesium is one of the most well-known dietary supplements of all time. Almost everyone is familiar with it, but few people know what it is important for and how an excess of it can harm us. Let's take a closer look at its positive and negative aspects together.

Alcoholism and alcohol poisoning is not a unique phenomenon. Alcoholism is the 'scourge of humanity' and a frequent cause of social conflict. It is the number one addiction and a frequent cause of death from excessive consumption, even among the young. Irrational and excessive drinking causes damage to mental and physical health and gradually removes the drinker from society. He loses his own self and, in acute poisoning, often his own life.

Pelvic floor pain itself causes difficulty in urination or intercourse. It is caused by various contexts of disorders in this area. They are included as chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Pain shooting below the right shoulder blade can be caused by organ diseases, but also by muscular or skeletal problems. Often it originates from the spinal area.

Inflammatory bowel diseases can be short-term in nature, but can also have the attribute of long-term and lifelong treatment. Let's take a look at the most common inflammatory bowel diseases and their symptoms.

Bloated abdomen, cramps and passing gas significantly affect your physical well-being and social life. Follow these 5 principles and you can get rid of this annoyance.

Pancreatitis afflicts a high percentage of patients. It causes various problems, including pain, which cannot be managed without medication and a strict diet. Proper diet and strict dietary restrictions are important, especially in the acute phase of the disease.

Pancreatic cancer is the most insidious cancer with the highest mortality rate ever. The first symptoms usually appear only at an advanced stage, when treatment is almost impossible. More than 95% of patients diagnosed die from it. Only about 2% live to 5 years.

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that is wrongly attributed exclusively to alcohol-dependent patients. Current scientific evidence shows that less than 10% of alcoholics suffer from it. Thus, the coexistence of other risk factors is also at the etiopathogenetic forefront.

Pain in the lower abdomen troubles women or men for a variety of problems that are normally benign. However, behind this type of pain can also hide a serious disease.

When we hear the words viral hepatitis or hepatitis, many of us think of a syringe addict. To some extent, this image is based on truth. Hepatitis has many types. There is a type that people can get infected with even without being addicted to psychotropic substances. Poor hygiene habits, but also travel to risky countries, result in the emergence of various diseases. One of them is the just mentioned viral hepatitis type A.

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine. A person suffering from this disease is unable to digest gluten. The problem is, gluten is a common component of food.