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• Refractive errors

  Refractive errors are disorders of the eye that prevent images from being properly focused on the retina, which results in blurry vision. These def...

  • Myopia
  • Hyperopia
  • Astigmatism
  • Presbyopia
  • Common symptoms of refractive errors
  • Symptoms of myopia
  • Symptoms of Hyperopia
  • Symptoms of Astigmatism
  • Symptoms of Presbyopia
  • Causes of Myopia
  • Causes of Hyperopia
  • Causes of Astigmatism
  • Causes of Presbyopia
  • Diagnosis
  • Treating Myopia
  • Treating Hyperopia
  • Treating Astigmatism
  • Treating Presbyopia
  • Progression
  • Living with the disease
  • Research
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Team and structure
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching and training at the Clínic

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Bronchoscopy

  Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows the bronchial tree to be examined, and samples of secretions or tissues to be taken.

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Urodynamics

  Urodynamic testing is a diagnostic test designed to show how the urinary bladder and the urethra are functioning. The way in which the bladder beha...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Renal Lithiasis

  Renal lithiasis is a disease caused by the presence of calculi, or stones, inside the kidneys or urinary tract (ureter or bladder). It is also know...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Renal colic (RC)
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Muscular diseases or Myopathies

  Muscular diseases or myopathies are an alteration in the ability to contract muscles efficiently. Although the motor order is generated in the brai...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Research
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Mitochondrial Myopathies or Encephalomyopathies

  Mitochondrial myopathies or encephalomyopathies are neurological diseases which as well as affecting muscles, also involve alterations in the nervo...

  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

  Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of diseases that present as muscle weakness and inflamed muscle tissues in muscle biopsy.  Th...

  • Risk factors
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Healthy eating

  Healthy eating is one of the main tools for preventing and treating chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and neurological...

  • Components of a Helathy food
  • Mediterranean diet
  • The health benefits
  • Advice for every day
  • Research at Clinic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Be healthy

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory disease of the joints. It is characterised by pain and swelling of both the small and lar...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at Hospital Clínic
  • Teaching and Training at Hospital Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• PCR

  A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a molecular biology technique that seeks to amplify a fragment of genetic material millions of times. The PCR...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Serological tests

  Serological tests allow us to find out the immune response against an infectious agent. For this reason, they can be used for diagnostic purposes a...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Antigen

  Antigen tests are immunoassays that are frequently used to rapidly diagnose infectious diseases. They detect the presence of proteins from a specif...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Electrocardiogram

  An electrocardiogram, also known as an ECG or EKG, is a non-invasive scan that allows the heart’s electrical activity to be studied at a given time...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Holter

  The Holter study is a non-invasive scan that allows the frequency and type of heart rhythm to be studied. Unlike the electrocardiogram, which allow...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Heel prick test

  The objective of the heel prick test is to detect certain serious diseases at birth. Most of these conditions are rare, and genetic in origin. It m...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Kidney Transplant

  Kidney transplantation is a surgical treatment in which a healthy kidney obtained from a living or cadaver donor is grafted into a patient with end...

  • Obtaining a kidney
  • Phases of Kidney Transplantation
  • Living with the disease
  • Evolution of the disease
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age (between 6-20% depending on the criteria cons...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Disease Progression
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome at Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Thyroid diseases

  The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck, just below the Adam's apple. It produces the thyroid hormone that is respo...

  • Causes
  • Diagnosis
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Research at Hospital Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Goitre

  The term "goitre" refers to abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, due to something causing the thyroid to grow larger than normal. It is impor...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Research
  • Treating the disease at Hospital Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Thyroid Nodule

  A thyroid nodule is a number of thyroid cells that are grouped together in a cluster, a lump, forming a tumour that may be either malignant or beni...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Research
  • Treatment at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at Hospital Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions