Hughes Syndrome – October 2017

Hughes Syndrome – October 2017

In October, I was a guest speaker in Porto, Portugal. It was at an international immunology meeting, and one of the 2 days was devoted to Hughes syndrome/Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The meeting (as on previous occasions in Portugal), was outstanding. I was given...
Hughes Syndrome – September 2017

Hughes Syndrome – September 2017

One of the recurring themes of history-taking in patients with Hughes Syndrome – or even in those with the suspected diagnosis – is the difficulties so many patients face. For example, in her excellent book “Sticky Blood Explained” by Kay Thackray, she paints a clear...
Hughes Syndrome – August 2017

Hughes Syndrome – August 2017

I shouldn’t have mentioned the wonderful early summer – the rains came. London is special in August – no school runs, less commuters – and thousands of tourists adding to the buzz of the capital. Really special. An update on our new charity. We are making great...
Hughes Syndrome – June 2017

Hughes Syndrome – June 2017

Wimbledon has started in a blaze of sunshine. What a wonderful summer we are having (at least here in the South-East) – surely it can’t go on. June was, for me, “Midlands Month”. A lecture on Hughes syndrome, lupus and Sjogren’s to the annual meeting of The...
Hughes Syndrome – May 2017

Hughes Syndrome – May 2017

Waiting for a taxi to take me back to Basel airport for the short flight home to London. As good a time as any to start writing the May ‘blog’. I have cut my travel this year – my only ‘away’ lecture this month was to Leeds…until this one-day meeting in the pretty...
Hughes Syndrome – April 2017

Hughes Syndrome – April 2017

Big news! A group of patients and doctors here have set up a new charity, whose main purpose is education. Specifically, its aim is to provide a website which links those suffering from Hughes syndrome and those involved in its treatment. We know that many countries...