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• Gastroscopy

  Gastroscopy is a technique that allows the upper digestive tract to be viewed directly. This part of the digestive tract runs from the mouth to the...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Sex Reassignment Surgery

  As the name implies, sex (or gender) reassignment surgery encompasses all those surgical procedures that are performed with the aim of making a tra...

  • Male-to-female surgery
  • Female-to-male surgery
  • Pre-surgical preparation
  • Post-operative period and post-surgery care
  • Treatment at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at Clínic

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob

  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a prion disease or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. They are a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases. O...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Disease progression
  • Investigación
  • The disease at the Clínic
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Vaccine

  Vaccines are biological products. In other words, they contain viruses, bacteria or parts thereof. They are administered in order to prevent infect...

  • How do vaccines work?
  • Why do we need vaccines?
  • When do vaccines take effect and what is the duration?
  • Vaccine safety
  • The risks of not getting vaccinated
  • Adult and children vaccination schedule
  • Vaccine myths
  • Frequently asked questions

  Assistance – Be healthy

• Hysterectomy

  A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the uterus. In most cases, the uterus (body and cervix) is completely removed; this is called a t...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Gynecological Ultrasound

  A gynaecological ultrasound is a diagnostic test used to view the pelvic organs (uterus or womb, ovaries, bladder and rectum or final portion of th...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• 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

  Sleep is a physiological process regulated by the nervous system. It is characterised by a reduced response to external stimuli, decreased motor ac...

  • Stages of sleep
  • HOW MANY HOURS SHOULD WE SLEEP?
  • Sleep pattern
  • Benefits of sleeping well
  • SLEEP-RELATED DISORDERS
  • Sleep disorders classification
  • Recommendations for improved sleep
  • Myths

  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