Fifteen Molfetta – For the Fibromyalgia Committee United commitment of the municipal administration of Molfetta

MOLFETTA – Are there series A and series B patients? Is there a public health system differentiated by region? Can we consider ourselves lucky to be born in a province of Northern Italy rather than in one of Southern Italy? Yes, yes, yes and yes again. There are invisible sick people not because they do not exist and suffer, but because the pathology that afflicts them is a phantom pathology, a syndrome for which the LEAs (Essential Levels of Assistance) have not been recognized. Are you affected by this pathology? You are a lucky person, not because you can be treated by accessing free treatment from the National Health Service, but because you have a diagnosis. Even today, little is said about fibromyalgia syndrome, and even doctors have difficulty recognizing and diagnosing it. It was discussed in the meeting organized by the United Fibromyalgia Committee, in the Carnicella Council Room of the Municipality of Molfetta and that our Municipality is close to the committee’s mission is demonstrated by the presence of the councilor for Social Affairs, lawyer. Anna Capurso and the city councilor Dr. Giovanni Infante. The CFU Puglia representative, Dr. Valentina Lippolis, reiterated the need to form a group, to join forces to shout out the legitimate requests of discriminated patients. The inability to access care guaranteed by the NHS leads to a worsening of the isolation in which the patient lives, who has to face not only interminable waits to have the diagnosis, but also the high economic costs and the impact on those close to him. It appears evident, as confirmed by Dr. Sante Schiralli, rheumatologist and prof. Bartolo Pellegrini, professor of Quantum Sciences at the Swiss ISFOA University, of a holistic, interdisciplinary approach which, even today, is difficult to access given the lack of a real post-graduate medical specialization which would allow a faster diagnosis with great benefit not only for the patient but also for the economy of the NHS, a topic of significant interest for the legislator, also considering the exclusion of fibromyalgia syndrome from the disabling pathologies for which recognition of disability is envisaged. Working in a team made up of rheumatologists, psychologists, specialists in pain medicine, nutritionists because, it is worth underlining, food remains the best medicine. This is a subtle pathology, woman, since it is still the latter who are the majority of patients, women who do not want to be pitied but ask for treatment in order to go to work, be mothers, companions and not be approved among people in a state to be treated because just depressed. Molfetta is on the front line, it is important to reiterate it. The city councilor Giovanni Infante, infectious disease doctor and the councilor Anna Capurso, are there and ensure further initiatives of the Administration, in support of fibromyalgia patients. We are not alone, together we are a force. © All rights reserved