{"id":17562,"date":"2025-07-08T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/radiology\/bone-densitometry-dexa-scan\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:48:53","slug":"bone-densitometry-dexa-scan","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/radiology\/bone-densitometry-dexa-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea (DEXA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<h2>Densitometr\u00eda \u00d3sea (DEXA Scan) en Southeastern MA<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Una prueba de detecci\u00f3n importante es la densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea, tambi\u00e9n conocida como absorciometr\u00eda de rayos X de energ\u00eda dual (DEXA). Esta prueba se utiliza habitualmente en Southcoast Health para diagnosticar o calibrar el riesgo de un paciente de desarrollar osteoporosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es una densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Una densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea eval\u00faa su densidad \u00f3sea, una medida importante para ver lo fuertes que son sus huesos. En Southcoast Health, utilizamos un esc\u00e1ner DEXA para la prueba, que produce dos haces de rayos X: uno de alta energ\u00eda y otro de baja energ\u00eda. Bas\u00e1ndose en el n\u00famero de rayos X que atraviesan el hueso, la m\u00e1quina es capaz de calcular y medir su densidad \u00f3sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Las pruebas de densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea son la \u00fanica forma de diagnosticar si una persona tiene o no <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/orthopedics\/osteoporosis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">osteoporosis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, centr\u00e1ndose en la cadera y la columna vertebral del cuerpo. Estas grandes \u00e1reas pueden dar a uno de nuestros m\u00e9dicos una idea de la probabilidad de que sus huesos se fracturen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Un esc\u00e1ner DEXA determinar\u00e1 si usted tiene una densidad \u00f3sea normal, una densidad \u00f3sea baja o una osteoporosis diagnosticable. Adem\u00e1s de para el diagn\u00f3stico, nuestros m\u00e9dicos tambi\u00e9n utilizar\u00e1n la DEXA para determinar si su plan de tratamiento de la osteoporosis est\u00e1 funcionando y si su densidad \u00f3sea est\u00e1 mejorando.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQui\u00e9n debe someterse a una densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Los esc\u00e1neres DEXA son una prueba habitual a la que se someten las mujeres mayores de 50 a\u00f1os, debido a que las mujeres de m\u00e1s edad corren un mayor riesgo de padecer osteoporosis. De hecho, 68% de todos los diagn\u00f3sticos de osteoporosis son mujeres, y se calcula que millones m\u00e1s tienen una masa \u00f3sea baja con riesgo de padecer osteoporosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Su m\u00e9dico tambi\u00e9n puede recomendarle una exploraci\u00f3n DEXA si usted:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Es una mujer menop\u00e1usica o postmenop\u00e1usica menor de 65 a\u00f1os, pero con factores de riesgo de osteoporosis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Es un hombre de entre 50 y 69 a\u00f1os con factores de riesgo de osteoporosis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tiene m\u00e1s de 50 a\u00f1os y se rompe un hueso<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Han perdido media pulgada o m\u00e1s de altura en un a\u00f1o<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tiene un dolor inexplicable en la columna vertebral<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toma medicaci\u00f3n para la osteoporosis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Qu\u00e9 esperar durante un esc\u00e1ner DEXA<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Un esc\u00e1ner DEXA s\u00f3lo tarda menos de media hora en realizarse, y usted saldr\u00e1 de nuestra consulta el mismo d\u00eda. A diferencia de otras pruebas, no tiene que permanecer tumbado dentro de un t\u00fanel cerrado. En lugar de ello, s\u00f3lo tiene que tumbarse en una camilla mientras el esc\u00e1ner pasa por encima de su cuerpo, de forma muy parecida a una exploraci\u00f3n normal. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/radiology\/x-ray\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rayos X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Por suerte, el examen es indoloro y podr\u00e1 reanudar sus actividades normales inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de la exploraci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>DEXA Scan cerca de usted en MA &amp; RI<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Southcoast Health se enorgullece de ofrecer pruebas de densidad \u00f3sea y DEXA en <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nuestras sedes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> en el sureste de Massachusetts y Rhode Island. La osteoporosis es tratable, y <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nuestros m\u00e9dicos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> se sentar\u00e1 con usted para explicarle las opciones de tratamiento de esta enfermedad. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/contact-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P\u00f3ngase en contacto con nosotros<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/radiology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">radiolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> servicios y tratamientos<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea (DEXA Scan) en el sureste de MA Una prueba de detecci\u00f3n importante es la densitometr\u00eda \u00f3sea, tambi\u00e9n conocida como una absorciometr\u00eda de rayos X de doble energ\u00eda (DEXA). 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