{"id":129915,"date":"2025-09-15T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/?p=129915"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:25:53","slug":"epilepsia-en-sinaloa-mitos-tratamientos-y-estigmas-que-persisten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/?p=129915","title":{"rendered":"Epilepsia en Sinaloa: mitos, tratamientos y estigmas que persisten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En Sinaloa m\u00e1s de 32 mil personas viven con esta condici\u00f3n y d\u00eda a d\u00eda enfrentan desaf\u00edos para sostenerse de por vida<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-l__QLRR8 Typography_weight-bold__uT6mq\">Josemiguel Souza<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">A los\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">23 a\u00f1os<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">Sebasti\u00e1n Ur\u00edas<\/b>\u00a0ha aprendido a convivir con la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">epilepsia<\/b>, una\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">condici\u00f3n neurol\u00f3gica<\/b>\u00a0que lo acompa\u00f1a desde que ten\u00eda apenas\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">tres meses de vida<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Como \u00e9l, en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">Sinaloa<\/b>\u00a0hay entre\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">12 mil y 32 mil habitantes<\/b>\u00a0con esta\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">condici\u00f3n<\/b>, de la cual a\u00fan se desconocen muchas cosas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper mexico-nota-1x1 w-full max-w-full overflow-hidden relative\">\n<div id=\"\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x1\" class=\"ad mexico-nota-1x1 block !w-full !max-w-full overflow-hidden relative min-h-[1px]\" data-google-query-id=\"CJTz6Pid248DFRcF2wEdBW4ndg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x1_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x1_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x1_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"integration-container w-full\">\n<div id=\"teads1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper mexico-nota-1x3 w-full max-w-full overflow-hidden relative\">\n<div id=\"\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x3\" class=\"ad mexico-nota-1x3 block !w-full !max-w-full overflow-hidden relative min-h-[1px]\" data-google-query-id=\"CNLT6fid248DFbzK4wcdsYAomw\">\n<div id=\"google_pubconsole_overlay_\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x3\" class=\"absolute top-0 left-1\/2 -translate-x-1\/2 w-full max-w-[300px] bg-white\/80 text-[10px] z-[9999999] pointer-events-none\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2000002\/elsoldesinaloa\/mexico_nota_1x3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Sebasti\u00e1n relata que el primer\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">episodio fuerte<\/b>\u00a0ocurri\u00f3 cuando iba en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">preparatoria<\/b>, mientras se preparaba para jugar\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">f\u00fatbol<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\"><i class=\"italic\">\u201cYo iba a entrar a la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cancha<\/b>\u00a0y de repente ya no recuerdo nada, solo que me desplom\u00e9. Mis amigos me contaron que empec\u00e9 a\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">delirar<\/b>\u00a0y a\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">girar sobre m\u00ed mismo<\/b>. Desde ah\u00ed comenz\u00f3 todo\u201d, recuerda.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_text-xl__yFuoP Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH SubHead_sub-head__PVEMA\">Las cifras<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">En\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">M\u00e9xico<\/b>, de acuerdo con el\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">INEGI<\/b>, m\u00e1s de\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">dos millones de personas<\/b>\u00a0viven con\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">epilepsia<\/b>, lo que la convierte en uno de los\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">padecimientos neurol\u00f3gicos<\/b>\u00a0m\u00e1s frecuentes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">A nivel mundial se estima que son\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">50 millones de casos<\/b>. Aunque en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">Sinaloa<\/b>\u00a0no existen\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cifras locales precisas<\/b>, especialistas calculan que entre\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cuatro y diez personas por cada mil habitantes<\/b>\u00a0la padecen. Es decir, alrededor de\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">12,679 personas<\/b>; mientras que si consideramos la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">tasa m\u00e1s alta<\/b>\u00a0de diez por cada mil, la cifra ascender\u00eda a aproximadamente\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">31,698 personas<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">El\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">75% de los diagn\u00f3sticos<\/b>, sostienen los expertos, ocurren en la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">infancia<\/b>\u00a0y\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">adolescencia<\/b>, etapas en las que la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">enfermedad<\/b>\u00a0suele manifestarse con mayor intensidad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Para\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">Sebasti\u00e1n<\/b>, el mayor\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">reto<\/b>\u00a0no ha sido solo seguir un\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">tratamiento m\u00e9dico estricto<\/b>, sino enfrentar la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">falta de informaci\u00f3n<\/b>\u00a0que persiste en la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">sociedad<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\"><i class=\"italic\">\u201cHay muchos\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">mitos<\/b>, como que si alguien\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">convulsiona<\/b>\u00a0hay que meterle algo en la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">boca<\/b>\u00a0para que no se trague la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">lengua<\/b>. Eso es totalmente\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">falso<\/b>\u00a0y puede ser hasta\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">peligroso<\/b>. Lo \u00fanico que se debe hacer es poner a la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">persona de lado<\/b>, en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">posici\u00f3n segura<\/b>, y llamar a\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">emergencias<\/b>\u201d, advierte.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">La\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">doctora Karla Altamirano Beltr\u00e1n<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">m\u00e9dico general<\/b>\u00a0con dos d\u00e9cadas de experiencia en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">neurociencias<\/b>\u00a0y\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">estudios cl\u00ednicos<\/b>, explica que la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">epilepsia<\/b>\u00a0se origina por\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">descargas el\u00e9ctricas desordenadas<\/b>\u00a0en el\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cerebro<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\"><i class=\"italic\">\u201cAs\u00ed como el\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">coraz\u00f3n<\/b>\u00a0tiene\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">actividad el\u00e9ctrica<\/b>, el\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cerebro<\/b>\u00a0tambi\u00e9n. Cuando ocurre una\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">crisis<\/b>, esa\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">actividad<\/b>\u00a0se vuelve\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">ca\u00f3tica<\/b>\u00a0y provoca que la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">persona<\/b>\u00a0pierda el\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">conocimiento<\/b>\u00a0y presente\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">convulsiones violentas<\/b>\u00a0en\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">brazos<\/b>\u00a0y\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">piernas<\/b>. Incluso puede haber\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">dilataci\u00f3n de pupilas<\/b>\u00a0o\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">exceso de saliva<\/b>\u201d, detalla.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"Picture_picture__jeuFM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__tzQM0 seedtag\" src=\"https:\/\/oem.com.mx\/elsoldesinaloa\/img\/25716304\/1757698686\/BASE_LANDSCAPE\/1200\/image.webp\" alt=\"estudios-epilepsia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"2133\" aria-description=\"estudios-epilepsia\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-xs__Hgkfb Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Los electroencefalogramas ayudan a diagnosticar la epilepsia de manera precisa.<\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0<span class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-xs__Hgkfb Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Foto: Canva<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">Las\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">causas<\/b>, a\u00f1ade, son diversas:\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">tumores cerebrales<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">traumatismos<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">infartos<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">factores gen\u00e9ticos<\/b>\u00a0o\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">metab\u00f3licos<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">infecciones<\/b>\u00a0e incluso el consumo de\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">carne de cerdo mal cocida<\/b>, que puede generar\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cisticercosis<\/b>\u00a0y dejar\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cicatrices en el cerebro<\/b>. Otra causa frecuente es la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">hipoxia neonatal<\/b>, es decir, la falta de\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">ox\u00edgeno al nacer<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">La\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">epilepsia<\/b>\u00a0es una\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">enfermedad<\/b>\u00a0sin una\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">cura definitiva<\/b>. Los\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">medicamentos<\/b>\u00a0logran controlar las\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">crisis<\/b>, pero no eliminan el riesgo de que regresen en cualquier momento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\"><i class=\"italic\">\u201cIncluso hay\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">pacientes<\/b>\u00a0que, a pesar de usar tres, cuatro o hasta cinco\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">f\u00e1rmacos<\/b>, siguen\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">convulsionando<\/b>. Para ellos existen\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">programas especializados<\/b>, tanto para\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">ni\u00f1os<\/b>\u00a0como para\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">adultos<\/b>, avalados por\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">organismos internacionales<\/b>\u00a0como la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">FDA<\/b>\u201d, precisa\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">Altamirano<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">El\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">diagn\u00f3stico<\/b>\u00a0se realiza principalmente a trav\u00e9s de un\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">electroencefalograma<\/b>, aunque tambi\u00e9n hay\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">s\u00edntomas previos<\/b>\u00a0que pueden alertar a la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">familia<\/b>, como\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">movimientos involuntarios<\/b>\u00a0en un\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">brazo<\/b>\u00a0o una\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">pierna<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">parpadeo repetitivo<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">chupeteo<\/b>\u00a0o\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">p\u00e9rdida s\u00fabita de conciencia<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH Typography_text-default__P3otY Typography_weight-normal__pqUbH\">La\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">doctora<\/b>\u00a0recalca que la\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">estigmatizaci\u00f3n<\/b>\u00a0es un\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">obst\u00e1culo adicional<\/b>\u00a0para quienes viven con este\u00a0<b class=\"bold\">padecimiento<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Con informaci\u00f3n de El Sol de Sinaloa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En Sinaloa m\u00e1s de 32 mil personas viven con esta condici\u00f3n y d\u00eda a d\u00eda enfrentan desaf\u00edos para sostenerse de por vida Josemiguel Souza A los\u00a023 a\u00f1os,\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n Ur\u00edas\u00a0ha aprendido a convivir con la\u00a0epilepsia, una\u00a0condici\u00f3n neurol\u00f3gica\u00a0que lo acompa\u00f1a desde que ten\u00eda apenas\u00a0tres meses de vida. Como \u00e9l, en\u00a0Sinaloa\u00a0hay entre\u00a012 mil y 32 mil habitantes\u00a0con esta\u00a0condici\u00f3n, de la cual a\u00fan se desconocen muchas cosas. Sebasti\u00e1n relata que el primer\u00a0episodio fuerte\u00a0ocurri\u00f3 cuando iba en\u00a0preparatoria, mientras se preparaba para jugar\u00a0f\u00fatbol. \u201cYo iba a entrar a la\u00a0cancha\u00a0y de repente ya no recuerdo nada, solo que me desplom\u00e9. Mis amigos me contaron que empec\u00e9 a\u00a0delirar\u00a0y a\u00a0girar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estatal","post--single"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2025-09-15-a-las-10.24.04.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129920,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129915\/revisions\/129920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ovelanalista.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}