Author: Veronika Prošek Charvátová

Like other B vitamins, thiamine helps release energy from your food and deficiency can lead to many health problems. Find out which foods contain this important B vitamin.

Like other B vitamins, thiamine helps release energy from your food and deficiency can lead to many health problems. Find out which foods contain this important B vitamin.

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition – people with kwashiorkor are deficient in protein and as well as some vitamins and minerals. Protein is absolutely essential for good health because we need it for the maintenance of all body tissues, it enables countless reactions in the body, it’s needed for a healthy nervous system, for… Continue reading Kwashiorkor (protein deficiency)

Influenza, usually just called flu, is a very contagious illness caused by influenza viruses which originated in birds (avian influenza). The deadly Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million and is believed to have been caused by a bird flu virus that jumped to humans. There are many types of the viruses… Continue reading Influenza (Flu)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks white blood cells – the main units of your immune system. As a result, it makes your immune system weaker, which makes you prone to infections and some diseases and these become more dangerous for you because your body cannot defend itself very well. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an… Continue reading HIV and AIDS

Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. If you get infected, you can develop acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) form of the disease. The incubation period (the time from being infected to first symptoms showing) of hepatitis B is from 30 to 180 days. This makes it dangerous because you may… Continue reading Hepatitis B

Hepatitis A is a disease caused by the hepatitis A virus and affects mainly the liver. It causes liver inflammation which brings a range of symptoms that may include fever, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, nausea, general tummy discomfort, dark-coloured urine and jaundice (a yellowing of the eyes and skin). The time from infection to first… Continue reading Hepatitis A

Heart disease is a term used to talk about cardiovascular disease (CVD) and describes a chronic disease of the heart and blood vessels. The main issue the disease brings is reduced blood flow to the heart, brain or body because there are cholesterol plaques (fat layers) clogging your arteries (blood vessels). Arteries are the blood… Continue reading Heart disease

There are many types of hantavirus throughout the world and they can cause a range of diseases in people. Some hantaviruses cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), while others may cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Each hantavirus type has a specific host species – typically rodents – and can infect people when they breathe… Continue reading Hantavirus