It's a therapy that helps changing the way of thinking ("cognitive") and behave ("behavioral") and it makes these changes help feeling better. Unlike other therapies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on problems and difficulties of the "here and now" It's useful for the treatment of anxiety, panic, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, among others.

It's a therapy that helps changing the way of thinking ("cognitive") and behave ("behavioural") and it makes these changes help feeling better. Unlike other therapies, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on problems and difficulties of the "here and now"

It's useful for the treatment of anxiety, panic, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, among others.

Invasive study which examines the interior of the colon
The doctor uses a thin and flexible tube which has a lens and a light, called endoscope; and sees the images in a video monitor.
It is usually performed under sedation.

Through this exam the inside of the cervical neck is observed by a device called colposcope that has light and magnification.
It is used to search for different types of injuries that the doctor may biopsy if he considers it.

It is a procedure that allows, through the use of a machine and a mask over the nose, to send air with certain pressure and continously, to maintain the airway open and avoid for this to get blocked.
It is used as a treatment for Sleep obstructive Apnea-Hypopnea, among other diseases.

The doctor may perform the following examination or exploration:
.Control of Cardiac Frequency (Normal: 60 to 100 beats/minute)
.Control of Breathing Frequency (Normal: 16 to 20 breathing cycles/minute)
.Control of Temperature (Normal: 36,5 - 37 °C)
.Control of Blood Pressure (Normal: ≤ 120/80 mmHg)
Examination of the affected muscular area:
.Observation (or inspection)
.Palpation (or touching)
Evaluation of mobility and it disabilities
Evaluation of the appearance or intensification of the pain during muscular contraction and elongation movements, together or individually
Skin examination

The appendix is removed through a surgery in which a cut in the lower right area of the abdomen is done.
It's performed under total anesthesia.

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Several stool samples are taken in different days. It detects the presence of parasites.

A sample of stool is taken. It’s processed (culture) to detect the growth of bacteria and sensitivity of these with different antibiotics (antibiogram). The result takes some days.

Several samples of stool are taken in different days. It detects the presence of parasites.

Several samples of stool are taken in different days. It detects the presence of parasites.

Several samples of stool are taken in defferent days. It detects the presece of parasites.

It is a procedure used to observe the way the blood flows through the heart. To do that, a special dye is used (contrast material) that will pass, throught a catheter or tube, from a vessel to the heart and with radiographies is is possible to see how the dye moves throught the vessel.

Corticotropin (ACTH) is a hormone released in blood by the pituitary gland, located in the brain.
Corticotropin test measures the amount of this hormone in blood.
For its examination a sample of blood is taken from a vein (venipuncture)
Normal value: 9 to 59 pg/ml