This commemoration, which takes place on May 12, aims to unite efforts to raise awareness among governments and citizens regarding these conditions. Accordingly, various organizations will carry out a range of activities: informational sessions, charity breakfasts, cultural events, etc. To support them, the URJC shares this message with the intention that students and faculty members do so as well.
Since 1993, this World Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Day has been observed, coinciding with the passing of nurse Florence Nightingale, who was confined to a wheelchair for fifty years due to this illness.
Fibromyalgia is a rheumatological disease recognized in 1992 by the World Health Organization. It consists of widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbances, memory issues, and mood changes. To date, although the symptoms are well known, the exact cause remains unknown. Researchers suspect that it is a neurological condition caused by the way the brain and spinal cord process pain and non-pain signals.
For its part, chronic fatigue syndrome is a disorder that causes extreme exhaustion lasting at least six months and generates cognitive difficulties. It is a condition with no apparent underlying cause—that is, it cannot be fully explained by an underlying medical condition.
