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• Kidney Cancer

  The kidneys are the two organs responsible for filtering toxic substances from the blood and eliminating them in the urine. In these organs, tumour...

  • Risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Evolution of the disease
  • Living with the disease
  • Research
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common mental condition affecting children and adolescents. It is an alteration of bra...

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

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Peritoneal carcinomatosis

  Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is the result of the dissemination of tumour cells in the peritoneal cavity, which can affect the peritoneum locally...

  • How many people does it affect?
  • Carcinomatosis causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Peritoneal carcinomatosis at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at Clínic

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Endometrial cancer

  Endometrial cancer begins when the cells that line the inside of the uterus begin to grow out of control. In developed countries, it is the most fr...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • The disease at the Clinic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Urinary tract infection

  Urinary tract infection is an infection that occurs in the urinary system and is suspected if the following characteristics are found: symptoms rel...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Main lines of research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Electroencephalogram

  Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that evaluates the electrical activity of nerve cells (neurons) in the cerebral cortex (the nerve tissue that...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Sleeping well

  Sleeping is a state characterised by the suspension of consciousness, loss of response to external stimuli and decreased motor activity. Normally,...

  • Stages of sleep
  • Benefits of sleeping well
  • Consequences of sleeping little
  • Sleep disorders classification
  • Insomnia
  • Nervous legs syndrome
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome
  • Narcolepsy
  • REM sleep behaviour disorder
  • Recommendations for improved sleep

  Assistance – Be healthy

• Monkepox

  Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by a virus (Orthopoxvirus), so far localised in central and west Africa. Its name is due to it being iden...

  • Epidemiologic situation
  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Disease progression
  • Treatment
  • Prevention
  • Vaccination

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Ingrown nail

  The ingrown nail or toenail (onychocryptosis) is the condition that occurs when the side margins of the nail penetrate the skin. It is a very commo...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Progression of the disease
  • Living with the condition
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Thyroid eye disease

  Thyroid eye disease is the most frequent inflammation of the orbit of the eyes. It is also the most common manifestation in patients with Graves' d...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Main lines of research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Optic Neuritis

  Optic neuritis is inflammation of the eye’s optic nerve. The optic nerve is formed by a bundle of nerve fibres that carries light signals from the...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Disease progression
  • Living with the disease
  • Lines of research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • The disease at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at Hospital Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Arthroscopy

  Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that is used to diagnose and treat joint problems. It involves making small incisions, appr...

  • Arthroscopy at Clínic
  • Research at Clínic
  • Teaching and training at Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Fatty Liver Disease

  Fatty liver disease with a metabolic cause, formerly known as "non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" is the accumulation of fat in hepatocytes, the m...

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

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Fusion Prostate Biopsy

  A fusion prostate biopsy is an outpatient procedure to take a sample which is then used to diagnose or rule out prostate cancer. A fusion prostate...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Fertility preservation

  Fertility preservation is a series of medical procedures aimed at helping to achieve a pregnancy in the future.   These techniques are performed i...

  • When is it necessary?
  • Fertility preservation surgery
  • Cryopreservation of semen
  • Oocyte cryopreservation
  • Ovarian cortex cryopreservation
  • Chemoprotection techniques
  • Lines of research
  • Fertility preservation at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Fertility preservation and trainning at Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Liver Cirrhosis

  Liver cirrhosis is the formation and accumulation of scars on the liver as a consequence of chronic damage. These scars are also called fibrous tis...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Progression of the disease
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment of Cirrhosis in Clinic
  • Lines of research in Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Tuberculosis

  Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which spreads through the air when an infected person cou...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Preventive treatment
  • Curative treatment
  • Side effects
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Lines of research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • The disease at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Pacemaker

  A pacemaker is a stimulation system that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes; it is implanted in the heart and connected to a batte...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Pancreas Transplant

  A pancreas transplant is an alternative treatment for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A pancreas transplant is a complex surgica...

  • Requirements
  • Pre-transplant stage
  • Pancreas procurement
  • Transplant phases
  • Life after transplantation
  • Potential complications
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Scintigraphy

  Scintigraphy is a diagnostic test in Nuclear Medicine that creates images of the body’s internal organs and tissues using gamma rays emitted by rad...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures