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 Health advices Health tips on caring for patients with Asperger’s syndrome Patients with Asperger’s syndrome need a stable and predictable environment that can be easily adapted. It is key to their well-being to establish routines according to their interests, organise their time, avoid inactivity or over intense activity as well as sudden changes. Although the syndrome Health advices Congenital heart disease. Habits recommended for infants. Congenital heart diseases are structural and/or functional malformations of the heart present at the time of birth and, in the vast majority of cases, the causes are unknown. This type of heart disease is multiple and varied, and the signs and symptoms are diverse: they range from asymptomatic, w Health advices Health tips for Coeliac disease The treatment for Coeliac disease is to follow a strict gluten-free diet for life. A gluten-free diet should be based on a varied and balanced diet combining foods that do not contain gluten, including gluten-free cereals. Cross contamination at home should also be taken into account (making sure Health advices Health tips for people with chronic phase of Chagas disease Peer education consists of knowledge exchanges between people in the same group about the disease and the skills needed to maintain and improve health. As this is achieved by individuals, groups and communities, it empowers patients against the disease, involving them as active elements, and gene Health advices Stroke. How to care for patients who have suffered a stroke A stroke is a clinical syndrome characterised by rapid development of signs of neurological involvement lasting more than 24 hours. Vascular in origin, a stroke is considered a medical emergency that requires immediate diagnosis and treatment. The person who has suffered a stroke usuall Health advices Administering insulin If the pancreas does not secrete insulin or does not secrete enough, it is essential to add it from outside. For now, the only way to do this is to inject it, since if it is digested, the stomach destroys it. Health advices Guidelines for self-testing blood sugar levels Self-testing for glucose consists of getting patients with diabetes and their families to conduct tests and note down the results in the capillary blood glucose log book. That way, the patient can find out and assess their blood sugar level in real time. Health advices Health tips to prevent diphtheria The most effective way of avoiding the illness is vaccination. The diphtheria vaccination is highly effective and is administered as part of the Systematic Immunisation Programme in Catalonia (Programa de vacunacions sistemàtiques). Health advices Health tips for respiratory care in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) causes muscular degeneration that can affect motor autonomy, oral communication, swallowing and breathing, but the senses, intellect and eyes muscles remain intact. It can therefore affect the respiratory muscles, which is why respiratory care is essential for Health advices Health tips on caring for patients with ampullary epidermolysis Ampullary epidermolysis is a group of genetic disorders that may present themselves in various ways, from milder forms to more severe ones: affecting the skin and mucous membranes, involving the formation of blisters and vesicles after the slightest trauma. They can also affect other organs, in d Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 83 Next page ››