Verona, Federfarma Verona campaign for the prevention of cerebral stroke
On the occasion of the World Day of Prevention of Brain Stroke, which will be celebrated on Friday 29 October from 9 to 13 in Piazza Bra, Federfarma Verona will set up a gazebo flanked by the mobile station of the Association of Volunteer Pharmacists in Civil Protection of Verona, where the pharmacists and doctors of the integrated university hospital will perform free population blood pressure measurement with atrial fibrillation (AF) research. In addition, a questionnaire from the Italian Society of arterial hypertension on the risk of hypertension will be administered anonymously and to citizens information on the correct lifestyle for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
At the same time, an initiative is planned in Bussolengo, at the Valpolicella gazebo of the Red Cross, which the Committee collaborates with Federfarma Verona in the screening campaign: even in the city of the San Valentino Fair, citizens have the opportunity to measure blood pressure values and fill in the questionnaire. The drugs belonging to Federfarma adhering to the screening and recognizable by a special poster.
A first appointment of the health campaign aimed at financiers has already taken place in the barracks of the Provincial Command of the Scaligeri Yellow Flames: in addition to the preparation of four stations by the pharmacists of Federfarma Verona dedicated to blood pressure pressure, with the compilation of the related questionnaire, a specific study on pathology and prevention was also proposed, also conducted in collaboration with the integrated university hospital of Verona.Among others were present the provincial commander of the Guardia di Finanza col. Vittorio Francavilla, the mayor of Verona Federico Sboarina, the president of Federfarma Verona Elena Vecchioni (in the picture), the president of the Order of Pharmacists of Verona Federico Realdon and the pharmacist Loredana Bavosa of the Association of Volunteer Pharmacists in Civil Protection of Verona.
The informative lesson on arterial hypertension and atrial fibrillation was led by Nadia Segala, member of the Board of Directors of Federfarma Verona and from Christian Fava, associate professor at the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Verona. Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide. In the Italian population of both sexes, ischemic stroke accounts for 65% of all cerebrovascular events, while hemorrhagic stroke accounts for 35%. The prevention of cerebral stroke in its various manifestations includes the strict control of the main risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diabetes and the promotion of adequate lifestyles
“We wanted to start this screening and health information process by turning our attention to the police whose mission is the daily protection of the population “ explains Vecchioni. “Prevention is always important, but in cases like stroke it is even life-saving. (…) This year we wanted to broaden the range of action with the search for atrial fibrillation, which carries a five times greater risk of stroke. Federfarma Verona’s pharmacies want to put the spotlight on prevention that in these two years of pandemic has unfortunately often been placed in the background compared to the emergency situation, with serious consequences for many diseases other than Covid ” then conclude the president of the Veronese pharmacy owners. “On World Day for the Prevention of Brain Stroke the appointments in the squares and pharmacies will offer the population their professionalism, which was supplemented by a specific training webinar held in recent days with the contribution of the Order of Pharmacists and Agifar, the Association of Young Pharmacists “.