MEETINGS 2021
Lupus Support Group Meetings every other 3rd Tuesaday @ 6:30pm - See Dates below
NOT MEETINGS AT THIS TIME
DUE TO COVID-19
Parking is in the rear of the building, walk down the steps, boardroom is to the right. If unable to do steps, please park on the lower level of the parking lot.
We are open for suggestions of guest speakers. Lupus patients these meetings are for you and your supporter. We need your support and involvement with everything that we do for the cause of LUPUS
501-525-9380 or 800-294-8878
NO Meetings Scheduled for 2021
Contact us at:
501-525-9380 or 800-294-8878
lupusarkhs@direclynx.net
All meetings are free and open to the public! We can always use suggestions for guest speakers. Call 501-525-9380. We are Statewide
DUE TO COVID-19
We are open for suggestions of guest speakers. Lupus patients these meetings are for you and your supporter. We need your support and involvement with everything that we do for the cause of LUPUS
501-525-9380 or 800-294-8878
NO Meetings Scheduled for 2021
Contact us at:
501-525-9380 or 800-294-8878
lupusarkhs@direclynx.net
All meetings are free and open to the public! We can always use suggestions for guest speakers. Call 501-525-9380. We are Statewide
All of our Lupus Support Group Meetings Include other autoimmune diseases, Mixed Connective Disease, Fibromyalgia, etc.
No lupus support group meetings due to Covid-19. We will start with meetings at a later date. Contact us at 501-525-9380 or 800-294-8878 or lupusarkhs@direclynx.net
Information on Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
TYPES OF LUPUS: There are many types of lupus. Cutaneous lupus, which includes discoid lupus, is limited to the skin and is identified by a rash that may appear on the face, neck, or scalp. The rash may be more apparent on areas of the skin exposed to ultraviolet light (e.g., sunlight, fluorescent light). Although there are man types of lupus rash, the most common is raised scaly, and red, but not itchy.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may include discoid lupus but also involves other parts of the body. It is usually more severe than discoid lupus. This type of lupus leads to inflammation. For some people this may be limited to skin and joint involvement. In others, the joints lungs, kidneys, blood or other organs and/or tissues may be affected. SLE may include periods in which few, if any, symptoms are evident (remission) and other times in which the disease becomes active (flare). The most predictable feature of systemic lupus is that it is unpredictable.
Certain prescribed drugs can create a lupus-like syndrome, called drug-induced lupus, which is similar to SLE. This lupus very rarely affects either the kidneys or the nervous system. The drugs most commonly connected with drug-induced lupus are no longer used as often as they used to be. They are hydralazine (used to treat hypertension) and procainamide (used to treat irregular heart rhythms). Only a minority of people who take these drugs will develop drug-induced lupus. When the medications are discontinued, the symptoms of lupus usually fade. Many other drugs have been implicated more rarely in rug-induced lupus, and some of these agents are still in wide use today.
The antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjogren’s syndrome, and thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease) are examples of manifestations of lupus-like symptoms which can occur on their own (as primary “single organ” syndromes), but are often found in patients with systemic lupus as well. In this way, they are similar to Cutaneous lupus and should be included in the broad range of illnesses linked to lupus.
Excerpt from Introduction to Lupus brochure by Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may include discoid lupus but also involves other parts of the body. It is usually more severe than discoid lupus. This type of lupus leads to inflammation. For some people this may be limited to skin and joint involvement. In others, the joints lungs, kidneys, blood or other organs and/or tissues may be affected. SLE may include periods in which few, if any, symptoms are evident (remission) and other times in which the disease becomes active (flare). The most predictable feature of systemic lupus is that it is unpredictable.
Certain prescribed drugs can create a lupus-like syndrome, called drug-induced lupus, which is similar to SLE. This lupus very rarely affects either the kidneys or the nervous system. The drugs most commonly connected with drug-induced lupus are no longer used as often as they used to be. They are hydralazine (used to treat hypertension) and procainamide (used to treat irregular heart rhythms). Only a minority of people who take these drugs will develop drug-induced lupus. When the medications are discontinued, the symptoms of lupus usually fade. Many other drugs have been implicated more rarely in rug-induced lupus, and some of these agents are still in wide use today.
The antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjogren’s syndrome, and thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease) are examples of manifestations of lupus-like symptoms which can occur on their own (as primary “single organ” syndromes), but are often found in patients with systemic lupus as well. In this way, they are similar to Cutaneous lupus and should be included in the broad range of illnesses linked to lupus.
Excerpt from Introduction to Lupus brochure by Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
