An infusion is the administration of a liquid into the human body, bypassing the gastrointestinal system (“parenteral”), usually into a vein. The access route via an infusion is either chosen because the respective

Bilirubin is a breakdown product in the hemoglobin metabolism. Macrophages continuously break down old erythrocytes in the liver and spleen and thus generate bilirubin. If this process is disturbed, the substance accumulates and jaundice

Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) describes chronic pelvic pain syndrome, a disease that is difficult to treat. A combination of different factors is what causes the symptoms that are associated with it.

Receptors receive stimuli and signals from the environment and pass them on for processing. In biochemistry certain biomolecules and in physiology the sensory cells function as receptors.

Polyomaviridae are a group of DNA viruses without a virus envelope, which have a genetic material made of DNA and contain a capsid made up of more than 70 capsomeres. The genus includes, for example, viruses such as the human polyomavirus or the BK and JC virus. Special

The pulmonary valve regulates the flow of blood from the heart to the lungs. Illnesses can significantly impair performance.

Diseases caused by rickettsia were common in ancient times. During Napoleon's wars, more than 125,000 soldiers died of lice-borne typhus. Rickettsioses - infectious diseases caused by rickettsiae

Castleman's disease is a very rare, severe disease of the lymph glands that occurs in flares. It was classified by the American pathologist Benjamin Castleman in 1954. The disease comes in two forms, one less severe and one

Vegetative dystonia describes a variety of symptoms of dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. It affects nerves that are not randomly controlled and trigger health or psychological symptoms. The vegetative becomes of those affected

In a healthy heart, the heart rhythm is determined by the sinus node and transmitted to the heart chambers via the AV node. In cardiac arrhythmias such as the AV block (atrioventricular block), this conduction is disturbed.

Atenolol is one of the beta blockers. It is mainly used to treat arterial hypertension (high blood pressure) and some types of cardiac arrhythmias.

The term orthostatic response (orthostatic adjustment) defines the organism's ability to equalize blood pressure when changing to an upright position. This effect can occur, for example, when a person suddenly changes