{"id":18282,"date":"2025-04-24T18:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/may-is-stroke-awareness-month\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:32:27","slug":"may-is-stroke-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/may-is-stroke-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo es el mes de la concienciaci\u00f3n sobre el ictus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayo es el Mes de la Concienciaci\u00f3n sobre el Ictus y, seg\u00fan la American Heart Association, el ictus es la quinta causa de muerte y la primera de discapacidad en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sin embargo, \u00bfsab\u00eda que m\u00e1s del 80% de los accidentes cerebrovasculares pueden prevenirse con educaci\u00f3n, cambios en el estilo de vida y colaborando con su profesional sanitario para controlar sus factores de riesgo personales? Siga leyendo para saber m\u00e1s sobre c\u00f3mo puede ayudar a reducir su riesgo y reaccionar r\u00e1pidamente si alguien que conoce sufre un ictus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un ictus?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un ictus es una enfermedad grave que requiere atenci\u00f3n urgente inmediata. Los accidentes cerebrovasculares se producen cuando una arteria obstruida o desgarrada interfiere en el flujo de sangre que transporta ox\u00edgeno al cerebro, provocando la muerte de partes del cerebro. Los accidentes cerebrovasculares pueden causar da\u00f1os cerebrales permanentes, discapacidad a largo plazo o incluso la muerte si no se tratan a tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Actuar F.A.S.T<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los signos de advertencia de un ictus pueden incluir entumecimiento o debilidad repentinos en la cara, brazos o piernas, especialmente en un solo lado del cuerpo. Tambi\u00e9n es frecuente la confusi\u00f3n al hablar, hablar o entender, problemas de visi\u00f3n en uno o ambos ojos y un fuerte dolor de cabeza repentino sin causa conocida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recordar el acr\u00f3nimo F.A.S.T. puede ayudarle a detectar si alguien est\u00e1 sufriendo un ictus y a llamar r\u00e1pidamente al 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stroke_ACT-Fast.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176457 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>F - Cara ca\u00edda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A - Debilidad en los brazos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S - Dificultad para hablar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>T - Hora de llamar al 911<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Los accidentes cerebrovasculares pueden afectar a cualquier persona y a cualquier edad. La atenci\u00f3n inmediata en un servicio de urgencias es esencial para ayudar a prevenir discapacidades graves e incluso puede salvar una vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>C\u00f3mo reducir el riesgo<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A la hora de prevenir los accidentes cerebrovasculares, existen factores de riesgo controlables e incontrolables. Por ejemplo, las mujeres corren un mayor riesgo de sufrir un ictus: 1 de cada 5 sufre uno cada a\u00f1o. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los factores de riesgo comunes identificados por la American Stroke Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke.org\/en\/about-stroke\/stroke-risk-factors\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> y hablando con su proveedor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, vea a continuaci\u00f3n las medidas que todo el mundo puede tomar para ayudar a reducir el riesgo de sufrir un ictus:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dejar de fumar y reducir el consumo de alcohol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mantener un peso saludable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00f1ade mucha fruta, verdura y prote\u00ednas magras a tu dieta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duerma lo suficiente<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomar todos los medicamentos prescritos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intente hacer ejercicio durante 30 minutos al d\u00eda, cinco d\u00edas a la semana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Cuidados del ictus en Southcoast Health<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuestra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/stroke-certification-joint-commission\/\">galardonado<\/a>&nbsp;est\u00e1 certificado por la American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association (AHA\/ASA) y los tres hospitales de Southcoast Health son centros primarios de ictus certificados por la Joint Commission. Nuestro equipo proporciona una atenci\u00f3n experta y eficiente a todos los pacientes con sospecha de ictus para ofrecer a las personas las mejores posibilidades de recuperaci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de prestar una atenci\u00f3n integral en toda la regi\u00f3n, este equipo colabora estrechamente con socios locales para educar a la comunidad sobre c\u00f3mo todo el mundo puede reducir el riesgo de ictus con sencillos cambios en su estilo de vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/event\/heart-health-stroke-prevention-extravaganza\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stroke-Buddies-Save-the-Date-Final-Vector-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176453\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/event\/heart-health-stroke-prevention-extravaganza\/\"><em>Salud cardiaca - Extravagancia para la prevenci\u00f3n de accidentes cerebrovasculares - Southcoast Health<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la atenci\u00f3n de accidentes cerebrovasculares en Southcoast Health, visite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/brain-and-spine-treatment\/stroke-care\/\">https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/services\/brain-and-spine-<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/brain-and-spine-treatment\/stroke-care\/\">tratamiento\/atenci\u00f3n-ictus\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le deseo lo mejor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/daniel-sacchetti-do\/\"><strong>Daniel Sacchetti, DO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director de Ictus y Jefe de Neurolog\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southcoast Health<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18283,"template":"","categories":[1232],"class_list":["post-18282","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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