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 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common degenerative motor neurone disease in adults. It is also known as Charcot disease after the famous French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot who discovered it in 1869. In North America, it is known as Lou Gherig’s disease in honour of a famous b Pathologies Myelofibrosis Myelofibrosis is included within the group of chronic myeloproliferative disorders. It may appear de novo (primary) or following polycythaemia vera or essential thrombocythaemia. It is characterised by bone marrow fibrosis, progressive defect in blood cell production and marked presence Pathologies Lung cancer Lung cancer is the general name for neoplastic lung disease in which there is the presence of tumour cells. There are different types of lung cancer, but all of them share tobacco use as a risk factor. It is usually detected by the symptoms it causes, but it can also be an incidental finding in a Pathologies Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) They are a heterogeneous group of blood stem cell cancers characterised by altered haematopoiesis (production of blood elements), which results in normal or hypercellular bone marrow, but due to a high rate of death in blood cells in the bone marrow, peripheral blood cells are scarce (cytopaenia) Pathologies Polycythaemia Vera A rare slow-growing chronic blood cancer. It is mainly characterised by increased production of red blood cells, associated with greater risk of clotting, both in veins and in arteries. It has non-specific symptoms, such as increased facial redness and bodily itching. Although there is currently Pathologies Essential thrombocythemia A rare chronic blood disease that is slow to develop. It is characterised by increased platelet production and is associated with greater risk of thrombosis (clotting) and bleeding. Patients with essential thrombocythemia are usually asymptomatic and it is detected during routine bloo Pathologies Artrhrosis Arthrosis is a degenerative process characterised by lesions of the cartilage in joints. A joint is the area where a bone connects with another bone, allowing movement. Cartilage is a tissue that covers the joints, acts as a shock absorber for impacts, and also allows the joints to move without f Pathologies Rare factor deficiencies Rare factor deficiencies are a group of inherited clotting disorders caused by a deficiency of one or more clotting factors. Clotting factors are involved in a series of reactions to prevent bleeding. Within this set of deficits, factors I, II, V, V + VIII, VII, X, XI or XIII are considered to be Pathologies Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a respiratory disease that leads to obstruction of airways. The main symptoms are coughing, hawking and difficulty breathing, requiring particular effort. Although it can be due to other reasons, it is mainly caused by exposure to tobacco smoke. Th Pathologies Bronchiolitis due to human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) Bronchiolitis is an infection that causes the small respiratory passages in the lungs (bronchioles) to become inflamed and mucus to build up in them. This blocks the flow of air, making it difficult to breathe. It happens more often in babies because their airways are smaller and more e Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 78 Next page ››