Iss joins the open day by offering neurological visits and other services
In the video the interview with Beatrice Viti, doctor of the Iss Neurology Department.
A chronic disease that affects approx 12% of adults worldwide, with a three times higher prevalence in women. Migraine, according to theWHOrepresents the third most frequent disease and the second most debilitating, entailing high human, social and economic costs.
Me too’Social Security Institutethrough the Neurology, adheres to the Open Day of 31 January, responding to the appeal of the Onda Foundation and the National Observatory on Women’s and Gender Health. “Migraine is still perceived by sufferers as invisible”, a very widespread and underestimated disease. The goal of the initiative is precisely to sensitize the population βon the importance of a early recognition of symptoms for a timely access to diagnosis and treatmentβ.
Here then is that, like other Italian hospitals – over ninety involved – the ISS will offer a series of services such as neurological visits with holistic assessment of the patient for a multidisciplinary treatment.
For further information and reservations, it will be possible to contact the secretariat of the Neurology department on 0549 994302 or send an email to [email protected].
“The fight against migraine represents a primary duty of intervention for healthcare facilities – declares the ISS Director General, Francesco Bevero -. As an Institute, we have long been engaged in enhance and improve pain management activities and we are also doing it concretely through a edit to the organizational structure, as it will be one of the aspects valued in the new Organizational Act of the ISS, soon to be presentedβ.
In the video the interview with Beatrice Vitedoctor Neurology Department Iss.