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President of the Austrian Pain Society, Ao. University-Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Eisner from the Medical University of Innsbruck spoke to medonline about the highlights of the 30th ÖSG Congress.

MedOnline: Professor Eisner, what are the highlights of this year's Pain Conference?

Wilhelm Eisner: The 30th Congress of the Austrian Pain Society (ÖSG) focused mainly on gender medicine.

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We had excellent lectures on this topic. Among other things, the differences in pain between women and men were presented, the complexity of hormonal influences was discussed, abdominal pain was discussed, and above all, endometriosis. But men's pain was also a problem. Professor Dejaco talked about colds in men, which had been scientifically studied. In the end, it turned out that men complain more, but women are more sensitive to pain when they catch a cold and get sick. However, they pay less attention to their symptoms than men. That was interesting.

In parallel with the ÖSG conference, there was also a two-day nursing event on how to deal with pain properly and how to recognize pain at the bedside. These lectures were also well attended.

Integrative pain medicine was also a big topic. In particular, the aim here was to present chronic back pain and non-specific back pain with their complex treatment strategies, without considering the labels of conventional medicine or alternative therapies.