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The Department of Social Welfare and Health submitted a motion in Parliament to be held on Tuesday 26 May, for which the City will join this clear statement
The councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion Tudela, and Council Member for Health, Trini Cayuela, participated in this morning's events organized to mark the World Day of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue, through the reading of a manifesto is requested to guarantee universal access to Public Health and Social System of patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome on an equal footing with any other disease patients.
Members of the Association of Totana Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue ASTOFIBROM have been in charge of reading the Manifesto on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on the occasion of World Day dedicated to raising awareness about this disease, in an act has taken place in the Plaza of the Constitution.
Through reading the manifesto have asked, "when any person feels sick, can access the Public Health and Social System and be diagnosed with the disease sufferer who receives the best possible health care professionals by friendly, trained and equipped with the means to diagnose and treat the disease and, if needed, be assured social benefits for disability and disabilities. "
They have also claimed the application of the principles and mechanisms of social justice due to all citizens and to avoid disparities between patients and disease categories among which "lead us to despair, despair and, ultimately, to distrust of people who have an obligation to ensure our rights. "
Finally, they demanded respect for these people and their families, and to avoid adding the "pain of incomprehension and helplessness of the pain of the disease itself."
Therefore, the Department of Social Welfare and Health will jointly present a motion in Parliament to be held on Tuesday 26 May, the City Council to join the declaration of the manifesto.
Moreover, family members and the association have set up a Mobile Information Point in the Plaza of the Constitution to divide between society totanera any information on this disease as well as gifts made by themselves.
Through reading the manifesto have claimed to "ensure the fairness of the system in all the Autonomous Communities through unique protocols for diagnosis, treatment and preventive measures of occupational and disability evaluation criteria and social entitlements, and to ensure quality of patient care by health services, with the necessary human and technical means, among other issues.
What is fibromyalgia?
It is a disease of unknown cause whose main symptom is widespread pain which is located mainly in areas muscle, tendon, joint and viscera.
Fibromyalgia is the most common cause of widespread pain in the soft tissues that connect bones, tendons and joints.
The main symptoms are widespread pain, fatigue and extreme tiredness, sleep disturbances, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines and depressive symptoms.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com
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