You can follow the ongoing activities of the chapter in the blog: This website is an extended portal to more information about vasculitis. What it is, and what you can do about it.
While no one can know everything there is to know, together we can gradually add more resources to help fulfill the three part mission of the Vasculitis Foundation: Support, Awareness, and Research. On this site, you can learn about the condition known as vasculitis, and you will also find links out to other resources as well. The purpose of this website is to provide information and support to vasculitis patients and caregivers in New Mexico. However, anyone who finds this site useful is very welcome. To see what pages have changed recently, look for the "Recent Site Activity" links on the bottom of the left sidebar. BackgroundThe 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. You will not regret it. 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. If you reach out, then you will come to understand that you are not alone. Fundraising Efforts go directly to promoting awareness and funding research projects. The Vasculitis Foundation is the number one single provider of funding for vasculitis research. Your contribution will go along way to help doctors develop better treatments and perhaps even a cure.
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 very important effort that needs your help. We are working to identify the good doctors who know how to diagnose and treat vasculitis in New Mexico. Please share what you know in the interest of helping out new patients like you are, or once were. Vasculitis Doctors ListTo help others like yourself, please go now to the Vasculitis Doctors Form. We are collecting the names and contact information for doctors in NM who are already familiar with vasculitis. Even if you are not in NM, please fill in the form. Here is why I think you should... Imagine having this kind of resource available when you travel. Ask yourself, "Where is the nearest qualified doctor to the place I am visiting?" Or, "What hospitals there can deal with my symptoms if an emergency arises?" These are real world situational problems you can help solve, and it starts with you filling in the Vasculitis Doctors form. Please, go fill in the Vasculitis Doctors Form now.
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