Lupus

Lupus is now recognised worldwide as a major disease of modern times.

Commonly affecting young women, it is now regarded as being more prevalent than leukaemia or multiple sclerosis, for example.  It is a disease in which the immune system becomes over active and, because it can affect any organ of the body, its symptoms are diverse – fatigue, rashes, joint pains, depression – but sometimes with life-threatening kidney or brain involvement.

Professor Graham Hughes has established a worldwide reputation in lupus, notably with his description of thrombosis and miscarriage, now known internationally as Hughes Syndrome.  He has trained a generation of lupus specialists who now practice all over the world.

Here at the London Lupus Centre, Professor Hughes has brought together a group of these experts, to form a unique clinic, in which patients with lupus and related conditions can be seen, diagnosed and advised on treatment.

The unit is the first such dedicated Centre in Europe and is backed up by the full medical facilities of London Bridge Hospital.

Further information: www.londonlupuscentre.co.uk