New methods of treating chronic pain attracted the interest of many participants at the 8th national conference on "pain control 2024", which ended on Saturday in Sousse. This two-day national conference was organised by the Association for Health Education in Emergency Medicine, with the participation of pain and emergency medicine specialists from Tunisia and abroad. Sonia Khalbous, a specialist in pain treatment at the Rabta Hospital in Tunis, told TAP foreign specialists presented new research on pain treatment, including ozone therapy, during the conference. This medical congress included workshops on non-medicinal therapeutic methods, which have produced satisfactory results for patients suffering from chronic illnesses and pain, she added. For his part, Riadh Boukef, Head of the Emergency Department at Sahloul Hospital in Sousse and Secretary General of the Tunisian Association of Emergency Medicine, noted that the aim of this 8th congress was to exchange expertise and establish the scientific base s adopted on an international scale. Boukef added that the event was an opportunity to raise awareness among medics and paramedics in emergency departments of the need to opt for new methods of treating pain. "The research presented at this conference underlines the importance of treating pain as a matter of urgency first, then looking at its causes and introducing new treatment methods to complement drugs, according to the head of the emergency department. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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