Atypical HUS & World Thrombosis Day

World Thrombosis Day is held annually on 13 October to help raise awareness of causes, dangers, and risk factors for blood clot formation. Thrombosis is the formation of potentially deadly blood clots in an artery or vein. People with the rare disease atypical HUS can experience organ damage from small vessel blood clots & need to be alert to signs of thrombosis.

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aHUS community answers the call

Article No 384 4 October 2020 On the 3 August 2020 , the aHUS alliance Global Action sent out a call to the aHUS community appealing for help from patients/carers…

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aHUS at KIDNEY WEEK 2020

Article No. 382 29 September 2020 In just over three weeks it will be Kidney Week 2020. Kidney Week is  the American Society of Nephrologists' (ASN)  annual conference. Not surprisingly…

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Awareness of aHUS Awareness Day

Article No 381 25 September 2020 To the aHUS alliance Global action aHUS Awareness Day has traditionally begun in Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean  and ending in the  Midway Islands…

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The aHUS diagnosis challenge

Article No. 374 3 September 2020 For most aHUS patients a diagnosis of aHUS  was hard to come by. For a small number they may still not know what they…

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German aHUS patient day webinar 6/6/20

Article No. 350 18 June 2020 aHUS Global Action‘s  blog about “aHUS in Deutschland” revealed an active patient support group for aHUS and MPGN patients. ( See previous article here)…

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