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The Association of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cartagena and Shire (AFIBROCAR) held tomorrow Tuesday, May 12 in the city, the World Day of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Reading the manifesto it will also be held at 12 am at the door of the Regional Assembly, which was attended by the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro and the councilman of Social Care, Antonio Calderon.
To remember and recognize these diseases various roundtables will be held in various places like the Regional Assembly, El Corte Ingles, the University Hospital St. Lucia and the University Hospital Virgen del Rosell, Saint Vincent Health Center, Office of Barrio de la Concepción, the Health Centre Puerto de Mazarrón and Health Center Mazarrón.
The aim of the AFIBROCAR to improve the quality of life of people suffering from these diseases.
The needs that can improve this quality of life are:
Recognition of the disease by professions, institutions and social agents.
-The Research to better diagnosis and early treatment.
Improvement of health care.
-Access To work, adaptation of jobs and new forms of employment.
-The Fair social benefits in cases unable to work.
What is fibromyalgia?
It is an alteration of the sensory system and causes persistent pain as a symptom in different areas of our body, sadness, urinary and vascular unrefreshing sleep, depression, anxiety, cognitive problems, intestinal disorders or.
It also manifests with muscular stiffness, exhaustion and fatigue.
What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Also known as systemic disease exercise intolerance, it presents a wide and diverse symptomatic and intense physical and mental fatigue that does not improve with rest and worsens with any type of activity.
Between 350 and 430 per 100,000 people affected, and way more common in women.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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