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Purrfect Pets Team Pops for Lupus 242
Purrfect Pets Team Pops for Lupus 242
Every Friday in May, staff at Purrfect Pets Veterinary Clinic put on purple for Lupus Awareness Month...
Lupus 242 Holds Virtual Events for Awareness Month
Lupus 242 Holds Virtual Events for Awareness Month
May is recognized as Lupus Awareness Month around the world. With social distancing measures in place as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, local support group Lupus 242 will host a series of virtual events to stay connected to its members and the general public...
Medical Conference 2020 - in Nassau, The Bahamas
Medical Conference 2020 - in Nassau, The Bahamas
The LDN Research Trust, which was founded in the United Kingdom, is hosting its 2020 Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Conference at The Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, One Baha Mar Boulevard Hotel om 12th February 2020. The conference will feature 7 expert medical speakers, including a Rheumatologist and Oncologist...
Lupus 242 Holds 3rd Annual Health Talk to Educate Members
On Saturday May 18th, Lupus 242 held its 3rd Annual Health Talk at the University of The Bahamas. Educating the public about lupus is one of the major goals of the local non-profit organization. The group also provides support and information for persons in The Bahamas living with the illness...
Lupus 242 Celebrates World Lupus Day with a Pop Up Run/Walk
On Friday May 10th, World Lupus Day, runners took to the streets in purple participating in a POP Up Run/Walk in memory of lupus fighter Crystal Stubbs. Proceeds from the event benefitted Lupus 242, a local non-profit organization providing support and information for persons in The Bahamas living with lupus...
May Is Arthritis Awareness Month
May Is Arthritis Awareness Month
So what is Arthritis? Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. It can affect one joint or multiple joints. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis, with different causes and treatment methods. Two of the most common types are osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Lack of education is problem with gout
Lack of education is problem with gout
Gout is a condition of elevated uric acid depositing in the body, causing deformity, inflammation and pain. But the major problem with the condition is education, according to Rheumatologist Dr. K. Neil Parker. He says people don't understand how to treat it, so they don't [...]
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Getting to the other side
Getting to the other side
Eight years ago Michelle Thurston's suffering began. The then 27-year-old said she felt like her body was going haywire. She endured joint pains, her blood pressure dropped dangerously low. Her healthcare physician tested her for HIV twice -- because he didn't know what was going on with her. Thurston's body was being besieged by an autoimmune disease, lupus.
In those early days she also had to de...
The lupus patient and oral care
The lupus patient and oral care
While everyone is encouraged to visit their dentist twice per year, it is imperative that lupus patients do so as well, and those with active lupus disease are urged to visit the dentist in three month intervals, according to Dr. Shamika Strachan.
The associate dentist, who practices out of Impressions Dental, Harbour Bay, says there should be communication between the dentist and the attending rh...
The daily struggles of living with Lupus
The daily struggles of living with Lupus
For a month, Petrell Lloyd, who was then in her early 40s, didn't remember she had a toddler at home. It's a time in the mother's life that she looks back on as terrifying, but with some degree of relief as well, because what transpired from her forgetting she had recently given birth to a son, led to her being diagnosed with lupus, after years of being treated for everything else under the sun, i...