{"id":32089,"date":"2020-08-13T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32089"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:47:37","slug":"summer-care-insects","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/summer-care-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuidados de verano: insectos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Para muchos, el verano significa viajes a la playa, vacaciones y diversi\u00f3n en familia, pero la estaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n puede traer insectos, erupciones cut\u00e1neas, ataques de asma, quemaduras solares y mucho m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque no estamos aqu\u00ed para arruinarle la diversi\u00f3n a nadie, *estamos* aqu\u00ed para mantenerle seguro y sano. Por eso, te ofrecemos un resumen de algunos peligros veraniegos y la mejor forma de tratarlos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southcoast Health le recuerda que debe mantenerse alerta y no ignorar sus s\u00edntomas. Somos su recurso para la atenci\u00f3n de clase mundial cerca de casa, incluyendo el tratamiento de enfermedades estacionales, lesiones menores, y m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insectos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nueva Inglaterra es el hogar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insectidentification.org\/insects-by-state.asp?thisState=Massachusetts\"><strong>a varios insectos y ar\u00e1cnidos<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>especies que emergen durante los meses de verano. Varios de esos insectos pueden picar o morder. Otros pueden transmitir enfermedades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Las garrapatas son una amenaza importante durante los meses de verano.<\/strong>&nbsp;En Massachusetts y Rhode Island hay aproximadamente tres especies diferentes de garrapatas, siendo las m\u00e1s comunes la garrapata estrella solitaria, la garrapata del perro y la garrapata de patas negras (garrapata del ciervo). Las garrapatas pueden transmitir numerosas enfermedades:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/lyme-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enfermedad de Lyme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/anaplasmosis-hga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anaplasmosis (HGA)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/babesiosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Babesiosis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/borrelia-miyamotoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Borrelia miyamotoi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/powassan-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virus Powassan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/rocky-mountain-spotted-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiebre maculosa de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/tularemia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tularemia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Los signos m\u00e1s comunes de estas infecciones son fiebre, dolores corporales o erupci\u00f3n cut\u00e1nea despu\u00e9s de una picadura de garrapata, por lo que debe acudir al m\u00e9dico.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/urgent-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica inmediata<\/a>&nbsp;en caso de padecerlas. Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la prevenci\u00f3n de las enfermedades transmitidas por garrapatas - \u00a1y recuerde revisar su cuerpo a diario en busca de garrapatas!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El verano tambi\u00e9n trae irritantes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/mosquito-borne-disease-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mosquitos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pero hoy en d\u00eda, la irritaci\u00f3n es la menor de nuestras preocupaciones. Los mosquitos tambi\u00e9n pueden ser portadores de bacterias y virus que causan enfermedades como la encefalitis equina oriental (EEE, o \"triple E\") y el virus del Nilo Occidental (VNO). Sus picaduras pueden provocar desde fiebre leve hasta enfermedades m\u00e1s graves como encefalitis o meningitis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prot\u00e9jase de las picaduras de mosquito y de posibles enfermedades haciendo cosas sencillas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Utilice repelentes de insectos siempre que est\u00e9 al aire libre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Llevar ropa de manga larga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programe las actividades al aire libre para evitar las horas comprendidas entre el atardecer y el amanecer durante la temporada alta de mosquitos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repare las mosquiteras da\u00f1adas de puertas y ventanas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elimine el agua estancada de los alrededores de su casa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, otros insectos y ar\u00e1cnidos son m\u00e1s activos -y propensos a morder o picar- durante el verano. Hormigas, abejas, chinches, avispones, avispas, avispas amarillas y diversas ara\u00f1as pueden ser molestias estivales que pican y muerden. Recuerde buscar atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica adecuada si empieza a experimentar alergias o infecciones relacionadas con las picaduras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque no padezca una alergia relacionada con las mordeduras, es conveniente que acuda a un m\u00e9dico en caso de mordeduras de aspecto sospechoso o periodos prolongados de irritaci\u00f3n relacionada con las mordeduras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si necesita atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica r\u00e1pida en la que usted y su familia puedan confiar, busque su&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/urgent-care\/\">centro de urgencias<\/a>&nbsp;o un&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/\">m\u00e9dico de urgencias<\/a>&nbsp;hoy. Aceptamos visitas sin cita previa, por lo que no es necesario concertarla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>El Southcoast Health Urgent Care est\u00e1 abierto al p\u00fablico, y no es necesario tener un&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/southcoast-physicians-group\/\"><strong>Grupo de m\u00e9dicos de Southcoast<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;m\u00e9dico para visitar nuestra cl\u00ednica de atenci\u00f3n urgente.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Si se trata de una urgencia, llame al 911 o acuda al servicio de urgencias m\u00e1s cercano.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":32090,"template":"","categories":[1229],"class_list":["post-32089","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expert-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer Care: Insects - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/summer-care-insects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Care: Insects - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many, the summer means beach trips, vacations, and family fun, but the season can also bring insects, rashes, asthma attacks, sunburns, and more. 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