The Vasculitis Foundation (VF) is the only international organization for patients with multiple types of autoimmune related vasculitis. Founded in 1986, VF provides patients and family members with practical information and coping strategies to live successfully with vasculitis. Mission: The Vasculitis Foundation supports and empowers patients through education, awareness and research.
The Vasculitis Foundation
represents a family of rare diseases known as vasculitis. If you are a
patient with vasculitis, or a caregiver or friend of someone with vasculitis, you should learn
more about vasculitis by visit their website and join today. There are multiple benefits to joining, one of the best is the monthly newsletter which will alert you to breaking news about vasculitis treatments and stories about other patients. You have to understand that you are not alone. The site you are reading also has a reprint of a Vasculitis Foundation Fact Sheet created by the VF.
The Central NM Chapter was founded in June 2008. This chapter exists as a partner with the international Vasculitis Foundation, as well as with The Churg Strauss Syndrome Association (CSSA),
and any other vasculitis advocacy group, to spread awareness about
autoimmune related vasculitis, and to provide local support to the patients and caregivers
in New Mexico. All members of the Vasculitis Foundation who also live in New Mexico, automatically become members of this chapter. There are a number of other support organizations you will find mentioned in these pages for specific types of vasculitis, and other conditions that can be related to vasculitis. This chapter is new, and this site will continue to grow. The blog will grow. The calendar will grow. The resources will grow. You may even grow! We have monthly meetings. You can learn more about where and when on the Meetings page and in the Calendar.The point is, we will post information about local VF events, and we will link you to more information about vasculitis. See the CNMVF Blog for the most recent updates. If you do not live in central NM, but do live in New Mexico, you may also participate, but please be aware we may not be able to schedule meetings in your town. Perhaps you would like to host a meeting? Contact the Vasculitis Foundation for more information, or Email Joseph Carpenter. So, the purpose and intent of this web site is to be the place to get information about the Central NM Chapter of the Vasculitis Foundation. Whatever else this chapter will do online, it will link off of this site. For the latest news, and tons of other stuff, see our CNMVF Blog.
To learn about vasculitis, see our Education page. It is full of links to good information. What follows next on this page is a gadget that will present some random health related news from Health.com. Some of it will be useful to you. All is presented in the interest of helping you out. |

