Cerebrovascular attack (CVA) is a pathology that hits the population hard and the figures indicate it: In Chile it affects about 40 thousand people a year, which is equivalent to one case every 15 minutes.. The problem, experts explain, is that very few know how to detect the symptoms in time, which would avoid the risk of death.
Aware of this reality, Patient Advocacy together with the Actúa con Speed initiative, from the Boehringer Ingelheim Laboratory, and the support of the Chilean Association of Cerebral Vascular Diseases (ACEVE), They carried out an activity in the Central Valley to educate visitors and workers about the scope of stroke.
For this, they offered a collection of relevant clinical parameters, including blood pressure and blood glucose, important indicators to detect two key factors, such as high blood pressure and high fasting blood glucose.. Added to these are high body mass index (overweight/obesity), unhealthy diets, high levels of LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) and smoking.
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The activity took place at the southern entrance of the Central Vega and Nearly 500 people arrived at the stand located there.. During the day, leaflets with information on stroke and diabetes were also distributed.
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Dr. Pablo Lavados, president of the Chilean Association of Cerebral Vascular Diseases (ACEVE), supervised the activity, He advised people to carry out the controls and distributed leaflets to visitors who were shopping in La Vega at that time.
“It is very important to carry out these prevention activities in places like this, where there are many people who must be attentive to risk factors to prevent cerebral vascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. “It is very important to prevent them, because they not only kill, but also leave patients disabled.”detailed the professional.
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About pathology
Stroke is a condition that occurs suddenly and causes the loss of neurological function. Most of these manifest themselves with three easily identifiable signs: asymmetry in the face (known as “crooked face”), difficulty speaking (unintelligible language) and weakness on one side of the body (dropping of one arm when trying to raise the hand). .
The presence of even one of these sudden-onset signs may indicate a high probability of having a stroke. In that case, It is crucial that the patient be evaluated immediately at a hospital emergency health center.
The evaluation must be agile, moving quickly to the emergency department, where the evaluation must be carried out as quickly as possible.
