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 Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) is characterised by cognitive, behavioural and physical problems caused by exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. FASD may result in physical symptoms (such as facial abnormalities), growth retardation, damage to the nervous system and cognitive an Pathologies Paludisme Malaria is an infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Plasmodium. It is transmitted through the bite of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. The mosquito acts as a vector or transmitter of the disease. The mosquito bites an already infected person. The paras Pathologies Chronic hepatitis Chronic hepatitis usually takes a silent course and causes inflammation of the liver without presenting any serious symptoms. Whatever the cause of the hepatitis, serious inflammation may overwhelm the capacity of a patient's liver to regenerate. When that happens, scars may appear (kno Pathologies Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus, made up of two copies of single-chain RNA enclosed within a capsid. It is transmitted by blood and genital secretions (unprotected sex) and from mother to foetus during pregnancy or birth or through breast-feeding (where the mother does not have Pathologies Dystonia Dystonia is a neurological disorder characterised by involuntary muscle contractions that cause repetitive movements and tortuous and painful stances every time the patient makes a learned movement, such as walking or speaking. Pathologies Idiopathic Scoliosis The word scoliosis comes from Greek and means “curvature”. It is not considered a disease, but rather, a three-dimensional deformity. This is why the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) defines it as a lateral curvature of the spine with a rotation of the vertebrae inside the curve of more than a 10 Pathologies Allergy An allergy is an immune-system disorder characterised by an exaggerated response to external elements, known as allergens, that are harmless to most individuals. These can be pollen, mould, animal hairs, foods, wasp or bee stings, and medications. This disorder may manifest in isolation in the re Pathologies Osteoporosis Osteoporosis, which means "porous bone", is a skeletal disease in which the density and quality of the bone decrease. Due to this, the skeleton offers less resistance and is more likely to fracture, even with minor trauma li Pathologies Chronic diarrhoea It is estimated that more than 5% of the population suffers from chronic diarrhoea, a condition which lasts for four or more weeks, and that close to 40% of sufferers are over the age of 60. Normal stool frequencies vary from three times a week to three times a day. Diarrhoea may be defined as re Pathologies Common cold The common cold is a mild upper respiratory infection caused by a virus. It spreads from person to person through the air, in droplets expelled from coughing and sneezing, and from close personal contact by hand.It usually starts through the nose and throat and may later descend to the bronc Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 80 Next page ››