Pathologies

Arteriosclerosis is a form of sclerosis that occurs in the arteries. In other words, this means that it is characterized by hardening, thickening and loss of elasticity of the artery walls. Arteriosclerosis is often defined as a natural age-related phenomenon with normal thickening of the artery walls. However, numerous studies have also shown that this hardening of the wall could be accelerated by certain...

An infection is a invasion of the body by a foreign agent , such as bacteria or a virus , causing a pathological condition by injury to local cells, release toxic substances or by intracellular germ-antibody reaction. Infections can be quite mild (like a cold) or very serious (leprosy, AIDS). A urinary tract infection can affect several organs of the urinary system (bladder, kidney, urethra, prostate). For anatomical...

Tics are abrupt, sudden, "flashing" movements , useless, untimely, illogical, conscious, involuntary, imperative, stereotypical which are repeated, identical to themselves, without rhythm. Most often, they occur in the facial muscles: occlusion of the eyelids, blinking, contraction of the cheeks or lips (sucking, chewing, biting the lips, licking the lips, etc.), neck (nodding, turning ...) or shoulders (shrugs, scratching movement etc.). Their evolution is capricious:...