May 12, 2024 is celebrated World Fibromyalgia Day, a syndrome characterized mainly by widespread musculoskeletal pain, which can be accompanied by chronic fatigue, mental confusion (fibro-fog) and with 100 symptoms. Fibromyalgia affects over 2,000 people in Italy and all regions celebrate World Fibromyalgia Day in collaboration with local associations.
Also Reggio Calabria since 2018 it has accepted the invitation to participate in this day to make fibromyalgic people and their problems, still not recognized by the Calabria Region, visible to the population in order to obtain the necessary care. The Reggio Fibromyalgia Association celebrates World Day with an appointment on 12 May at 10 am, at purple bench near the Aragonese castle which, thanks to the availability of the municipal administration, will be lit up in purple, the symbolic color of Fibromyalgia, to demonstrate that our city joins all the other cities in Italy, in favor of the recognition of this pathology by part of the regional health authorities. In this sense, the two local authorities together with the Social Policies Council, of which the Reggio Calabria Association is part, are working towards the Calabria Region.
