Do you want to know the risk of suffering from some diseases? Hospital Clínica Benidorm (HCB) launches its new Clinical Genetics Unit: personalized Medicine.
Dr. Tanya Álvarez, a specialist in Medical Genetics, directs this service, in collaboration with some of the main HCB services, offering medical advice to perform the genetic tests that provide more information and benefit to each patient.
With this new unit, HCB aims to help to know the predisposition of patients to suffer from certain diseases, as well as collaborate in the design of personalized treatments and perform an exhaustive monitoring of patients.
Personalized medicine
"The worry of suffering from diseases such as Cancer, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, for example, is very common in the entire population. These diseases are in our genes, hence the importance of knowing our genetics in order to prevent them, diagnose them accurately and / or treat them as accurately as possible, allowing each patient to receive the exact treatment they need. It's super personalized medicine "explains Dr. Álvarez.
How the test works
As explained from HCB, patients perform a simple blood test that will determine the individual risk of suffering from the disease, will provide a more accurate diagnosis of the type of disease or help design a treatment plan, depending on each case.
The sample is taken in HCB and a few days later the Genetics specialist, regardless of the risk range, informs the patient and provides a series of guidelines to lead a healthy lifestyle according to their genetics and predisposition to diseases, as well as a series of preventive measures and recommendations.
Diseases that the genetic test can detect
The main genetic tests with which the HCB Clinical Genetics Unit can help patients are related to oncological diseases and neurological diseases; Nutrigenomics, to detect food intolerances; Pharmacogenetics to avoid adverse reactions to medications; Non-invasive prenatal test to detect possible chromosomopathies in the fetus; and genetic counseling for children (ADD detection, Autism, Hyperactivity, etc.).
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