A chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease (aseptic therefore noninfectious) characterized by flare-ups. Rheumatoid arthritis (or chronic arthritis) is the most common inflammatory disease in joints. Women are frequently more affected (aged 30 and 60, including those who [...]
Crohn's disease, a digestive and debilitating disease Highlighted in 1932 by Dr. Burrill Bernard Crohn, affecting the digestive system and its lining, Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease that is chronic (for a lifetime), regardless of age and gender (even if there is an [...]
Lupus or when the immune system goes awry Lupus, what is it? Inflammatory disease, Lupus, also called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus erythematosus (SLE), is part of the family of chronic autoimmune diseases that have the distinction of seeing the immune system [...]
Multiple sclerosis, a slow degenerative disease What is multiple sclerosis or MS? Mentioned for the first time by the French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in the 19th century, multiple sclerosis or MS is an autoimmune disease (incurable), which mainly affects young adults [...]
Food intolerance, delayed effects A big difference between food allergies and food intolerances Affliction of our century, food intolerances affect more and more people. Almost 20% of the world’s population will be affected at one time or another in his/her life by [...]
Thyroiditis, a feminine affliction Located in the front of the neck, regulating body metabolism, the thyroid gland (an endocrine gland) produces two main hormones: thyroxine or triiodothyronine (T4) and tri-iodo-thyronine (T3), hormones transported in the human body through the [...]
Breast cancer, a common cancer that is still frightening Second cause of death among Canadian women with more than 5000 deaths in 2015, breast cancer or carcinoma is a malignant tumor that appears when abnormal cells proliferate in the breast, the cluster of cells creating the [...]
What is Lyme disease? Mainly transmitted through the bite of an infected tick (spiders, horseflies ... can also transmit the disease) it is an infectious disease (reportable in Canada) caused by a bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is what we call [...]
Brief description of ulcerative colitis Chronic inflammatory disease of the colon lining (large intestine), the ulcerative colitis (or chronic ulcerative colitis) is progressive, generally starting from the rectum, then spreading throughout the colon. Although its symptoms are [...]
Syphilis, an STD that returns to the forefront With its contamination peak in the 19th century and having almost disappeared in the 20th century (the cases recorded in Montreal were almost zero between the 1990s and the 2000s). Syphilis, also called "the disease of Naples" or [...]
