What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Pathologies Angina Angina is characterised by strong, oppressive pain in the chest that spreads to the neck and left arm. It is a sign of lack of oxygen in the heart. It is normally caused by a condition in the coronary arteries, which are the arteries responsible for carrying oxygen to the heart tissue. Pathologies Pericarditis Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane covering the heart. Pericardial inflammation can come about for lots of different reasons: infection (viral, bacterial, fungal or parasite) or due to multiple non-infectious causes. The pericardium facilitates contraction Pathologies Hiatal Hernia A hiatal hernia is when the upper part of the stomach moves from the abdomen to the thorax above the diaphragm muscle. This means that the acidic content of the stomach can easily go up into the oesophagus, leading to a chemical irritation known as oesophagitis. This condition Pathologies Autism Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition with an estimated lifetime prevalence of 1%. Basic symptoms include a lack of social communication, restricted or repetitive interests and activities, and sensorial anomalies starting during early childhood. Autism was described Pathologies Chronic leukaemia The most common form is chronic myeloid leukaemia and this sheet refers exclusively to this form of leukaemia. It is a form of abnormal cell growth (neoplasia) that originates in immature multipotent blood cells (stem cells) and gives rise to red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells. Pathologies Acute leukaemia Acute leukaemia involves abnormal cell growth in the haematopoietic system characterised by significant proliferation and accumulation of immature cells, firstly in the bone marrow and subsequently in the blood, with a great degree of clinical and biological heterogeneity. Acute leukaemias a Pathologies Hyperthyroidism The thyroid gland, which is located in the anterior part of the neck and is shaped like a butterfly, produces thyroid hormones, which regulate the metabolism of the entire human body. They therefore influence, for example, our temperature and heart rate. The main causes of hyperthyroidism are: Gr Pathologies Tobaccoism Tobacco consumption is the leading cause of health loss and premature and preventable death. It is one of the most important risk factors for the main chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, as well a large number of cancers. In addition, passive exposure to tobacco smoke increases the r Pathologies Tuberculosis Infectious disease caused by the microorganism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which mainly affects the respiratory system and requires prolonged and uninterrupted treatment to cure. If treatment is interrupted, it can become resistant to drugs, which makes it harder to cure. The rese Pathologies Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, neurobiological in origin, that begins in infancy but can continue into adolescence and adulthood. Patients with this disorder may have difficulty paying attention, can be hyperactive and restless and/or m Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 76 Next page ››