by Arthritis NZ | Nov 29, 2023 | How We Help, Lupus SLE, News, Research
6 Facts from the First Study in 40 Years Pacific people have the highest prevalence of lupus SLE than any other ethnic group in New Zealand. Māori and Asian people also had around twice the incidence and prevalence of Europeans/others. The incidence of juvenile SLE...
by Arthritis NZ | Apr 28, 2023 | How We Help, Lupus SLE, News
We announced in May that the inaugural Arthritis New Zealand Lupus/ SLE Postdoctoral Fellowship was awarded to Dr Chunhuan Lao. The Lupus Fellowship is a significant new research funding opportunity made available through a generous bequest by the late Dorothy...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 11, 2020 | Lupus SLE, News
This is What Arthritis Looks Like Brent is a painter and decorator who sometimes has to take extended sick leave because of his lupus. “The longest time I had to be off work was three months,” he says. Fortunately, Brent has a very supportive employer who...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 11, 2019 | Lupus SLE
Eighteen-year-old Tristan-Perry (TP) Moananu of Miramar, Wellington is one of more than 670,000 people with arthritis. An autoimmune disease called lupus causes his arthritis and mostly affects him during Winter, which happens to be rugby season. TP was diagnosed in...
by Arthritis NZ | Jul 27, 2017 | Lupus SLE, Uncategorized
Imagine at 19 years of age being told you have Lupus. You may feel some relief that your years of pain and confusion now have a name. That was Helen’s first thought. For her diagnosis mean treatment from the pain, tremors, pins and needles in her limbs, but to the...