Welcome back gardensia: Sunday 5 and Wednesday 8 March Aism returns to Italian squares with two flowers, the gardenia and the hydrangea. A symbolic union to represent the close link between women and multiple sclerosis because MS is WOMAN. The disease affects women twice as much as men. The age of onset of the disease it is that of life's great projects, when one is projected towards the world of work, when energies are concentrated for the creation of solid sentimental ties. MS enters people's lives mostly between the ages of 20 and 30. This disease cannot be cured and cannot be managed alone, it involves the whole family.
Welcome back gardensia
That's why, promoted by AISM – Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association – it returns “Welcome back Gardensia”, which takes place under the High Patronage of President of the Republic. For International Women's Day, in 5 Italian squares, 14 volunteers remind everyone of the value of the event, through which they invite them to choose a gardenia plant or a hydrangea plant or both to support scientific research. Research is the only weapon today to defeat multiple sclerosis also to ensure responses of treatment, assistance and support to all people with MS and related pathologies. What is MS: Chronic, unpredictable and disabling, multiple sclerosis is one of the most serious diseases of the central nervous system. It often causes disability, even severe.
50 percent of people with MS are young and not yet 40 years old. It affects women twice as often as men. It is the leading cause of neurological disability in young adults after trauma. In Italy there are 133 people affected by multiple sclerosis, 3.600 new cases every year: 1 every 3 hours. The cause and cure have not yet been found but thanks to the progress made by scientific research, there are therapies and treatments capable of slowing down the course of multiple sclerosis and improving the quality of life of people with MS. This is why it is essential to support scientific research. Among the pathologies related to MS there is neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which has a framework of needs and health and social care interventions similar to those of MS.
Fundraising for research
There is also a solidarity number for donating: 45512 allows you to raise other funds for research, and specifically, for the project "PROMO PRO-MS DIGITAL EDITION” promoted by FISM, the AISM foundation for assessing disease progression and predicting its course.
The person participates in the research as a protagonist, as an expert on his disease, thanks to the sharing of the data collected on his state of health. The aim of this project is to exploit self-reported data, identifying event prediction algorithms, so as to plan, personalize and optimize the management of the disease and the effectiveness of therapeutic treatments, in particular rehabilitation.
(Source and photo Aism)
