Join the Lupus walk and support those affected by the disease

Join the Lupus walk and support those affected by the disease

(WJBF) - Lupus is a long term, autoimmune disease that affects many parts of the body. Symptoms can range from mild to life threatening. Lupus has no cure but medicines and lifestyle changes can help treat and manage it. May is lupus awareness month and here to tell us about an upcoming walk is Keshia Pollard.

People affected by lupus will go out on the street this Saturday to make visible a disease that has multiple forms of manifestation and for which more help is demanded, as said at COPE Navarra Lourdes Zabalza. For Zabalza, "you are usually diagnosed and there you stay so you don't know how to deal with the situation. In the end you have to talk to people who have the same disease as you so they understand you." On the fact that the disease manif…

Supporters Brave Heat to Bring Hope and R22,000 to Teen with Lupus

Moved by a teen’s battle against Lupus, Scott Arendse organised a magical marathon that raised much-needed funds to support her brave fight.   Cape Town, South Africa (08 May 2025) – After learning about a teenager diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Scott Arendse took it upon himself to launch a 21km half marathon from Simonstown to Diep River to raise funds and awareness for 18-year-old Mercédi. We shared about Scott’s heartfelt Miles…

In Mexico, living with lupus is a constant battle against the body, medical disinformation, lack of access to treatments and a profound institutional invisibility.This chronic, degenerative and life-threatening autoimmune disease affects thousands of people—mainly young women—without there being a national record to account for its true dimension.

The women are the most affected by this disease, without guaranteed access to treatment CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LOPEZ While in other states of the country the Lupus Law has gained ground and legislative support, in Chiapas the initiative seems stagnated by an institutional indifference that violates the right to health of hundreds of patients.The Esperanza de Vida Association, led by Dulce Arce Trejo, has unsuccessfully sought for …