Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is a medical specialty dedicated to care and through disability, after injury or disease, which involves bones, muscles and nervous system, meaning brain and spine, explains Dr. Lucinda Adriana Arenas, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician with Baptist Health South Florida. She also says physiatrists lead a team of other disciplines and…...

Being out in the heat for too long can throw off the balance of the body temperature, says Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care. She describes if the body is unable to cool itself, people can develop a heat related illness, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, among others.…...

Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, talks about how strokes occur. With a digital imaging, the specialists describes the arteries of the brain and it does it by a lot of vessels, he explains. The specialist affirms for surgeons the upper part of the brain…...

FAST stands for Face, Arm, Speech and Time and it is a way to recognize if someone is having a stroke. So, you can ask the person to smile to see if the Face looks uneven; to raise both Arms and see if one arm drifts down; to repeat a phrase and notice if their…...

According to Dr. Felipe de los Rios, 50% of the people who have a stroke can die. The neurologist says the most deadly strokes are those where there is bleeding involved. “Hemorrhage, blood vessel rupture or aneurysm ruptures are the most deadly strokes. Mortality can be as high as 50%. So, half of the people…...

Gabriela M. Ortega, Supervisor for Acute Rehabilitation at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains rehabilitation depends on the patient. "Once they are medically stable, we have a consult usually between the first 24 to 48 hours at the hospital to determine what deficits are present and the goals for the patients." Haronyd Melo Nunez, Manager of…...

A stroke may be caused by several factors. According to Dr. Felipe de los Rios, high blood pressure is the main risk factor and can appear at an early age. Stress, high cholesterol and diabetes are other common risk factors. Also, environmental and behavioral factors such as pollution and diet can lead to a stroke.…...

Age, family history, gender, hormones, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking are risk factors for stroke. Gabriela M. Ortega, Supervisor for Acute Rehabilitation at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says the normal blood pressure is 120/80, and recommends if you suffer from high blood pressure, you should get on a regimen to control it. "Things…...