meetings with doctors and associations on 18 and 19 May at Palazzo Gopcevich – Nordest24

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May in the “Bobi Bazlen” room of Palazzo Gopcevich in via Rossini 4 in Trieste from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm with free admission, a FIBROMYALGIA OPEN DAY dedicated to patients and their families will be held thanks to the precious collaboration of the doctors (rheumatologists, GPs, physiotherapists) who in these two years of activity of the Trieste Section of the Italian Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association they have participated in the conferences and meetings organized by the association and have decided to donate a couple of hours of their free time to patients in support of this pathology.

Meetings with doctors, consistent with the number of requests:

– they will last 15 minutes each;

– will take place in small groups of maximum 5 patients;

– will be held from 10.30 am to 1.00 pm and from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm and until all available places are filled.

The meetings with the doctors will be free of charge and will take place EXCLUSIVELY AFTER BOOKING VIA E-MAIL by writing to [email protected] and are reserved for patients suffering from fibromyalgia.

INFORMATION DESK

Volunteers will be available to patients to register with AISF ODV, illustrate the courses and activities of the association and provide information material.

For those who wish to support the initiatives of the Trieste Section, they can do so at the viola banquet through a small donation and will receive a free bag of lavender made in FVG.

The information point will be open to the public with free entry from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm.

The FIBROMIALGIA OPEN DAY is organized by the Trieste Section – FVG Desk of the Italian Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association with the contribution of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region and the Municipality of Trieste and enjoys the patronage of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Council.

The initiative is part of the awareness campaign organized by the Trieste Section of AISF ODV on the occasion of World Fibromyalgia Day recognized by the WHO 32 years ago and which is celebrated every year on 12 May. The World Day celebrations in Friuli Venezia Giulia began successfully by lighting monuments and buildings in purple throughout the region, after the weekend in Sauris on 13/14/15 June and the Fibro-Talk in Tolmezzo on 16 June, will end on 20 June with a press conference to review the section’s first two years of activity.

WHAT IS FIBROMYALGIA?

Fibromyalgia, or FM, is a chronic condition that affects approximately 2-5% of the world’s population and is most common in young and middle-aged women. There is a myriad of symptoms, ranging from muscle and bone pain, difficulty sleeping, tiredness, stiffness in joints and muscles that can last up to 3 months, headaches, numbness and tingling in the arms or legs.

WHO IS AISF ODV

AISF ODV is a non-profit “illness” association that brings together patients, doctors, family members, friends, professionals and volunteers, with the exclusive purpose of social solidarity, aiming to promote and develop projects that respond, in the field of assistance healthcare, to the needs of the fibromyalgia patient.

AISF currently has 30 operational local sections and is working to further expand its presence on Italian territory.

Patient Contact Trieste Section – FVG Help Desk Italian Association of Fibromyalgia Syndrome ODV:

Eva Trinca cell. 328 0831957

Email: [email protected]
Registered office: viale Luigi Majno 17/A, 20122 Milan
Operational headquarters: via Cristina Belgioioso 173, 20157 Milan

Contacts:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sindromefibromialgica.it
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AssociazioneAisfODV
Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCO84s1rOldYdWAh-sqLdCsg
Instagram page: www.instagram.com/aisfodv_official/

For further information: Linda Simeone cell. 3452911405

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