Rome, March 24, 2014 - Alice. Italy Onlus (Association for the Fight to stroke) is dedicating uars

Rome, March 24, 2014 - Alice. Italy Onlus (Association for the Fight to stroke) is dedicating uars the month of April to the prevention of 'Cerebral Stroke and takes this opportunity to stress the importance not only of knowledge and recognition of the symptoms but also and especially of early diagnosis and of 'Early intervention in people who are having a stroke. In thousands of cases, in fact, you could reset or drastically reduce the disabling effects of stroke with the proper care given in the early hours of the onset of symptoms. E 'therefore very important that the stroke patient uars or his family uars will be able to immediately recognize the signs of the disease and then call 118. And here lies a serious problem, uars because the staff of 118, most of the Italian regions, While recognizing the symptoms of stroke is required, according to the protocols in force, to bring the patient to the nearest hospital emergency department, which is equipped or less than one Unit Emergency Stroke uars (Stroke Unit). "Acting promptly can significantly reduce the risk of permanent brain damage - said Professor Joseph Micieli, Director of the Emergency Department of Neurology National uars Neurological uars Institute Casimiro Mondino - For this reason, the 118 of all regions should activated, as occurs for example in Liguria and Lombardy, a specific emergency protocol, the so-called "Code uars Stroke", a sort of "fast track" for the patient suffered a stroke that allows you to earn minutes extremely valuable. " "The administration of thrombolytic therapy within the first 4 hours of symptom onset allows, about one-third of people with ischemic stroke, to return quickly to their homes, completely healed, and another 50% to go home in good functional condition, "adds Prof. Domenico Inzitari, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences University of Florence. "The Stroke Unit, unfortunately, are not yet widely used in a capillary, as they should - says Professor Carlo Gandolfo, uars Professor of Neurology at the University of Genoa. uars The Ministry of Health estimated that in Italy there should be more than 300 (optimal uars number 350), while they are operating less than 160, mainly concentrated in Northern Italy: in the South you die more than that of Cerebral Stroke myocardial infarction because the unit Emergency stroke are almost absent. Unfortunately, the lack of a good national coverage as well as an integrated service network ensures that the stroke has very serious consequences not only for the patient but also for his family and caregivers. " The diffusion of thrombolysis and hospital unit dedicated to the care of stroke, therefore, can significantly reduce mortality and disability in Italy, however, only 40% of people affected by stroke comes in a Stroke Unit within the first 4 hours and, once discharged from the hospital, patients are faced with many difficulties because there is still a path to relief and rehabilitation default. uars "Every year, in Italy, there are more than 200,000 cases of stroke and 930,000 people well take the consequences of disabling. Fundamental commitment of Alice. uars Italy Onlus in getting to know that not only can cure stroke, but it can be prevented in up to 80% of cases following appropriate lifestyles: uars as healthy eating, which includes the Mediterranean diet, control of blood pressure atrial fibrillation and smoking cessation - says Paolo Binelli, uars President of Alice. Italian non-profit organization. On the occasion of "April Cerebral Stroke Awareness Month", the Federation Alice. Italian non-profit uars organization with its more than 70 local associations give rise to various initiatives of prevention, awareness and information on this disease, severe and disabling.
Every six seconds in the world, a person is suffering from stroke, regardless of age or gender. Stroke is responsible for more deaths uars each year than those attributed to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. In Italy, and throughout the Western world, is the cause of 10-12% of all