A stork for multiple sclerosis, awarded the Smamma clinic of Tor Vergata

Smamma, the surgery of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic dedicated to women with multiple sclerosis, was awarded today within the project a stork for multiple sclerosis promoted by Onda with the patronage of the Italian Association of Multiple Sclerosis (AISM) and the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN).

A team of specialists helps future mothers to live the pregnancy free from the fears of the disease, accompanying them since the desire for motherhood, in the management of pregnancy and in the post partum period.

The SMAMMA clinic dedicated to women with multiple sclerosis

The SMAMMA clinic dedicated to women with multiple sclerosis of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic received the prize todayA stork for multiple sclerosis", Recognition assigned by the National Women's Health Observatory – With the patronage of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association (AISM) and the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN) – To the clinical centers that offer multidisciplinary services dedicated to the various moments of life of women with multiple sclerosis, in particular of pregnancy.

The SMAMMA clinic of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic helps patients with multiple sclerosis to live the pregnancy free from the fears of the disease. Multiple sclerosis affects about 118.000 people in Italy and about 3 are estimated.400 new cases per year. A chronic and progressive inflammatory disease of the nervous system diagnosed in most cases between 20 and 40 years old and mainly 'female' – over 79 suffer from it in Italy.000 women.

The debut in this age group, the most flourishing and productive period in women's life, often represents a reason for concern, due to the poor knowledge of the impact of the disease on pregnancy.

There Professor Gerola Marfia, head of the operating unit

“The desire for motherhood of many patients is still hindered by cultural, social limitations and by an inadequate service of taking over the patient's global charge in such a delicate moment of his life path – says the Professor Gerola Marfia, head of the Regional Reference Center Operating Unit for Multiple Sclerosis at the Tor Vergata Polyclinic – The Smamma project was born precisely with the aim of filling this assistance void. About 80 women currently followed by the clinic in all stages of pregnancy through a standard program of neurological visits and diagnostic tests designed to accompany them from pre-conception for the planning of pregnancy, in pregnancy and in the post partum and continuing up to the first year of life of the child ".

The Smamma clinic was inaugurated in May 2016

The Smamma clinic was inaugurated in May 2016 at the regional reference center for multiple sclerosis of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic and represents an innovative project in the Italian and international scene. Some of the most frequent questions of those who access the clinic concern reassurance reassurances of the unborn child and on their own, in relation to multiple sclerosis: I can have children? I can transmit the disease to my son? The drugs I take can damage my baby? I will be able to breastfeed?

The management, and even before the planning of pregnancy, in fact constitute a delicate moment for the patient and for his careful and is frequently a reason for apprehension. There are potential complications for the fetus related to chronic therapies taken by the patient; Specialist and multidisciplinary management of therapeutic choices is therefore necessary, which allows you to undertake a safe pregnancy for the unborn child and at the same time to avoid the fearsome progression of illness in the mother.

Smamma Project provides for an integrated path of multidisciplinary care

Smamma project provides for an integrated path of multidisciplinary care dedicated to women with multiple sclerosis that intend to plan a pregnancy, which are already pregnant or within a year of life of their child. The visits are structured in such a way as to guarantee direct access to the patient to the various necessary specialists. The multidisciplinary network of the Smamma clinic – Composed of neurologists, nurses, gynecologists, obstetricians, immunologists and psychiatrists specialized in taking charge of the woman suffering from multiple sclerosis-accompanies future mothers in making aware choices since the desire for motherhood, in the management of pregnancy and post-partum.

The multiple sclerosis operating unit of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic collaborates with the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association (AISM) for the implementation of territorial assistance projects. The Smamma project is part of the field of application of the quality management system of the SM center.