Consultorio Medico Caparra

General Practice

Consultorio Medico Caparra is a General Practice practice in Guaynabo, PR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, diagnosing, and treating physical and psychological conditions for patients of all ages. General Practice Doctors at Consultorio Medico Caparra perform medical history analysis, screenings, and non-surgical procedures to address a wide range of common medical conditions. General Practice is a medical specialty focused on disease prevention and general maintenance of patients' whole health. Significant diseases and conditions treated at General Practice practices include the common cold, strep throat, bronchitis, the flu, high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by General Practice practices include physical exams, diagnostic exams (like urine, stool, or blood tests), immunizations, emergency care, and specialist referrals.

Anatomic Clinical Pathology

Consultorio Medico Caparra is an Anatomic Clinical Pathology practice in Guaynabo, PR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in determining the origin, type, and severity of a disease. Anatomic & Clinical Pathologists at Consultorio Medico Caparra perform laboratory tests to detect and treat the causes of illnesses. Anatomic Clinical Pathology is the study of disease in bodily fluid, tissues, and organs. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diabetes and cancer. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diagnostic tests on blood, urine, sputum, feces, spinal fluid, pleural fluid, and belly fluid, as well as biopsy and autopsy.

A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.