Medicine concludes in Jeddah
Participants in the Fifth International Virtual Conference on Family Medicine concluded in its conclusion to several important findings and recommendations for improving and developing the field of family medicine and making the most of this medical specialty for all societies and on a large scale, and among the most prominent recommendations made by scientists and researchers are the following:
• Promoting health within work facilities by creating a new department called the Wellness Department, supervised by a family doctor and providing programs:
✓ Healthy balanced nutrition.
Weight loss.
Quit smoking.
Treatment of anxiety and professionalism.
✓ Promote walking while at work.
• In response to the research presented at the conference confirming the association of obesity in adolescents with an increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in both genders in early adulthood, the conference recommended intensifying awareness programs for adolescents and parents regarding balanced nutrition, continuous movement activity, and treatment of obesity in its early stages With documented and approved treatments.
• The need to control chronic diseases such as diabetes, stress, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, due to their association with an increased risk of infection with the Covid-19 virus.
• Emphasizing the importance of basic vaccinations for children and vaccinations for adults during the Covid pandemic, after it was observed that many members of society reluctance to these vaccinations that achieve protection and prevent many infectious diseases, God willing
Urging community members, especially those at risk, to take the seasonal flu vaccination
• Liver fatigue is one of the health problems prevalent in our society, which is due to high blood cholesterol and obesity, which may lead to impaired liver function and cirrhosis,
• The conference also recommended the necessity of treating high cholesterol and obesity, and regular medical follow-up for them on an ongoing basis.
The conference had concluded its fifth day after the completion of its scientific program for the last day, which was inaugurated and presided over the first and second sessions of the Consultant Family Medicine, Chairman of the Conference Prof. Dr. Ashraf Abdel Qayyum Amir. The session that focused on family medicine included three lectures, the first of which was entitled ((Reflux and indigestion) ... peptic ulcer disease)) and the second was entitled ((Approach to Knee Disorders in Primary Care)) while the third lecture in this session was titled ((Rheumatology tests ... What the family doctor should know)) and this session was concluded with a discussion between its chair And among the lecturers as well as answer questions from the audience.
Then the lectures of the second session, which was entitled Women''s Health, began with a lecture on ((Iron deficiency anemia among women during childbearing age ... Saudi GLE)), and the second lecture talked about (incontinence in women ... assessment and management) )) The last lectures of this session discussed the topic ((Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)), and the session concluded with discussion and answering questions.
The third and final session for this day was chaired by the Consultant Family Medicine, Vice President of the Conference Dr. Badr bin Hamad. This session was devoted to discussing family medicine issues as the sixth session to be held during the conference for this important topic, and the session included three lectures in which the lecturers spoke about three important topics in a row ( (Hemorrhoids and anal fissures ... Diagnosis and management - Sleep disorders in primary care - Update on security regulation, automation and response ... Antimicrobial resistance patterns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)).
At the end of the conference, its president, Professor Ashraf Amir, expressed his great happiness for the great success achieved by the Fifth Family Medicine Conference this year despite its holding under the circumstances of the Corona pandemic, stressing that had it not been for the grace of God and his help, and then with the combined efforts of all those in charge and organizers of it, this success would not have been achieved, praise and praise be to God. first and last.
