The 17th edition of the meeting “Pain is avoidable” is held at the Fundacion Valenciana Premios Rei Jame I

It has been held the 17th edition of the meeting dedicated to “Pain is Avoidable”, which over the years has brought together doctors to deal with something as common as pain.

Once again this year, Dr. De Andrés, Professor of Anaesthesiology at the University of Valencia and head of this service at the General Hospital of Valencia, chaired the meeting, which was attended by several specialists such as Doctors Juan Marcos Asensio, Pablo Rodríguez Gimillo and Pablo Kot, who formed the first panel dedicated to “Neuropathic Pain in Neuropathic Diseases”, in which they talked about how the body can react to different external aggressions.

Drs. Romero Serrano, Bovaira and Abejón participated in the second panel, and together with Dr. De Andrés spoke about “Why does pain after surgery or trauma hurt me and not others?”, in which Dr. De Andrés explained that “when pain is persistent, when it is severe and does not subside with the usual means, there are specialists dedicated to work together with other specialists to achieve this quality of life for patients”.

For the scientific director of the meeting, “the slogan that pain is avoidable is not always avoidable, but I would say that it is always palliable and treatable. At the very least – he affirmed – to achieve a quality of life”. He expressed his support and satisfaction with the pain units that are already common in most hospitals in the Spanish national network: “It is important that there is continuity over such a long period of time, transmitting a common message such as that pain is avoidable, which was the motto that Professor Grisolía gave us on his first day 17 years ago, and we intend to pass on this legacy throughout the years, especially because I believe that, fortunately, the quality of care has changed in all these years, because today the pain units in hospitals are a fact known by most of the population, and the management bodies of the different health departments, including the Ministry of Health, understand that the treatment of pain is a right of the population, so there is a care structure in practically all the hospitals in the national network,” stressed Dr De Andrés.

The third panel was made up of Dr Canós, Dr Hernández Cádiz and Dr Cid Calzada, who discussed “Treatments in specific vulnerable populations”.

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