The Woodmansterne Collection

Support For The Lupus Trust

Support for the St Thomas' Lupus Trust

All proceeds from Woodmansterne Collection concerts are donated to the St Thomas' Lupus Trust. The Trust is dedicated to patients suffering from lupus, to promoting and carrying out research into its causes, effects and treatment, to providing and extending training to the medical profession on its speciality and to advancing public awareness of the disease with the ultimate aim of finding a cure.

The Effects of Lupus

Lupus is a chronic debilitating disorder of the immune system and is one of the major medical conditions of the modern age. It is a condition which causes inflammation of virtually any system or organ of the body and can be life threatening. Symptoms range through the whole medical textbook from fatigue, depression and allergies to convulsions, pleurisy, heart and kidney failure. There is no cure but many patients are now treated successfully, ultimately stopping treatment.

Lupus mainly affects women in their childbearing years but men and even children can be affected. Because of the diversity of symptoms, it can mimic other diseases and is therefore often misdiagnosed and mistreated. It is estimated that 20% of recurrent miscarriages have a direct link with lupus and an associated condition - Hughes' Syndrome (antiphospholipid syndrome).

For further information or to make a donation, contact the Trust at the address below or follow the link to the Trust's website.