Zoe Karakikla-MitsakouLupus Europe Youth Group Meet Up Lupus Europe is organising a Meet Up of the Lupus Europe Youth Group! This event will take place from October 20 to October 22, in Leuven (Belgium). There are a few remaining spots available for new members to join: Do you have lupus? Do you live in geographical Europe? […]
Zoe Karakikla-MitsakouSandra Schaftner volunteers for the German Lupus Group, Lupus Erythematodes Selbsthilfegemeinschaft e.V.. She is also one of the German-version translation volunteers of Lupus100. Lupus100.org is a MULTILINGUAL website run by Lupus Europe that contains clear answers to 100 questions about lupus. Lupus experts and patients have worked collaboratively on the website. Lupus100.org has also been […]
Zoe Karakikla-MitsakouWelcome back to our blog series on National Member News! We are excited about getting our National Member news out to the world, so more people can find out what it is happening in each country and each member organisation! We caught up with Ram Blass from Inbar who talked to us about the wonderful work the […]
Zoe Karakikla-MitsakouWelcome back to our blog series on National Member News! We are excited about getting our National Member news out to the world, so more people can find out what it is happening in each country and each member organisation! We caught up with Marga Schut and Wendy Zacouris from NVLE who talked to us about the […]
Alain CornetLUPUS EUROPE is very committed to the success of the European Reference Networks (ERN), in particular ReCONNET where we have a very active role. One of our key contributions is to raise the patient voice. Professor Hachulla is seeking our input on unmet needs in the area of Therapeutic Education. We would like the questionnaire […]
Alain CornetToday is the first day of the big European Rheumatology Congress, EULAR. The 2018 edition is being held in Amsterdam and will reunite thousands of delegates, mainly medical professionals. Eular is “a platform to facilitate interactions between patients, medical doctors, scientists, health professionals and professionals representing the pharmaceutical industry, both from within Europe and from […]
Alain CornetWe at LUPUS EUROPE wish you all a great World Lupus Day, full of hope and awareness! For this we have created a little animated video about LUPUS EUROPE. Please feel free to share! [wpvideo ILoguQxs] We would also like to repost a video made a couple of years ago about the importance of World […]
Alain CornetLUPUS EUROPE BECOMES FIRST ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF SLEuro, the European Lupus Society We are very proud to announce that LUPUS EUROPE has just become the first Associate member of SLEuro, the European Lupus Society. SLEuro is a voluntary and non-political association with social and philanthropic purposes that promotes scientific research and information with regard to […]
Alain CornetOn December 6th Katharine Wheeler participated in the closing conference for EPF’s campaign on Access to Healthcare for All. At the conference EPF presented their Roadmap for Universal Health Coverage for all. Katharine was invited to speak as a patient organisation representative and stressed the importance of leaving no-one behind if we want to achieve […]
Alain CornetThe LUPUS EUROPE annual convention has just come to a close. Hosted in Milan by Lupus Italy on the occasion of their 30thanniversary, the convention was an inspiring event centred around the theme of “pain, fatigue and stress”, with Dr Chiara Tani as a key note speaker. Benefitting from the Italian Lupus Clinic experience, we […]
✅ Why some patients with #Lupus 🦋 have #brainfog remains unknown, but for sure the collective impact of brainfog is significant. Check our initial #LBFSS data about the IMPACT on LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS & WORK 👀 in #SLE
📥 FULL (openaccess) paper: https://doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2026-002148
✅ Check our latest contribution with @ERAkidney in @NatRevNeph on disease modification 🔥 in #lupus #nephritis & understand how an in-depth knowledge of #immunology can help selecting the best treatment at the individual patient level 🎯
📥 LINK: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-026-01103-y
‼️Today is #WorldSjogrensDay, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects 14-17.8% of #lupus patients.
💁♀️ Although Sjögren's is a systemic disease that goes far beyond dryness, dryness remains a frequent, significant and disabling symptom.
➡️ Follow @SjogrenEurope to know more.
🤩 Exciting to see #COGNILUP reach this next step!
🧠 Healthy volunteers will help establish reference values, bringing us closer to a free, accessible tool for people with #lupus to understand their cognitive function.
💜 Congratulations to Prof @lupusreference & all involved!
✅ Now that the #LBFSS is available for #brainfog, we are moving forward to TEST OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION 🧠 in #lupus 🦋 with #COGNILUP, for FREE, for ALL.
The platform is entering its calibration phase with healthy volunteers so that we can know the norms for each test 👍
✅ Thank you @LupusEurope for highlighting the #Lupus #BrainFog Severity Scale (#LBFSS). This new PRO specifically designed for assessing the SEVERITY OF BRAINFOG was co-developed with the participation of patients from @LupusEurope at every step 👍
✅ The #Lupus #BrainFog Severity Scale is VERY EASY TO USE 📥 Download the pdf (free openaccess 🔓) and check your score on table 3. Based on the validation study (n=378), the median LBFSS score is 25 so you can easily compare yourself to others 👍
International development of a lupus-specific instrument to assess cognitive symptoms in patients...
Introduction Cognitive symptoms such as ‘brain fog’ are frequent and disabling in patients with SLE. We aimed to...
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🧠 Brain fog is one 🔝 challenging symptoms of lupus, yet there was no specific way to measure it... Until now!
Prof @lupusreference & our Chair @jeanette_lupus explain the new Lupus Brain Fog Severity Scale #LBFSS.
Lupus Europe is proud to have contributed to its development
✅ Comparison of #LBFSS - #Lupus #BrainFog Severity Scores in 378 lupus participants with and without brainfog 🌪🌩🦋 The median LBFSS value is 25 (in the 0-52 score) in those with brainfog, which is really easy to remember 👍 DOWNLOAD the full study 📥 at https://doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2026-002148
‼️Today is #WorldSjogrensDay, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects 14-17.8% of #lupus patients.
💁♀️ Although Sjögren's is a systemic disease that goes far beyond dryness, dryness remains a frequent, significant and disabling symptom.
➡️ Follow Sjögren Europe to know more.
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🧠 Brain fog is real.
For many people living with lupus, it affects everyday life, yet it has often remained difficult to measure.
✅ The new Lupus Brain Fog Severity Scale (LBFSS) is the first questionnaire designed specifically to assess brain fog in lupus.
🦋 Lupus Europe is proud to have contributed to its development through meaningful involvement of people living with lupus. It's another example of how patient perspectives help shape better research and better tools.
🎥 Watch Prof Laurent Arnaud and our Chair, Jeanette Andersen, explain why the LBFSS is such an important step forward in lupus care.
lupus.bmj.com/content/lupusscimed/13/2/e002148.full.pdf
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🦋 Understanding lupus is crucial for effective management and self-management.
💁♀️ Many of us know what lupus is, and we’ve been learning from trusted resources like #Lupus100 and #LupusGPT.
🤔 But… how much do we really know about SLE?
Do we know as much as we think we do?
𝐓𝐫𝐲 #𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭❗
🎯 SLAKE (Systemic Lupus Assessment score for Essential Knowledge) is a quick and easy online tool designed for people living with lupus to test their knowledge and learn more about the disease.
📝 44 questions, randomly selected from a pool of 394
⏱️ Around 15 minutes to complete
🌍 Available in 20 languages
📊 A score for each lupus domain and an overall knowledge score
💡 Whether you're newly diagnosed or have been living with lupus for years, SLAKE helps you identify what you already know and where there is room to grow. It is not about passing or failing. It is a chance to learn more and feel more confident when taking part in decisions about your health.
📣 The SLAKE study is still open! By taking part, you are helping researchers understand which aspects of lupus are well understood and where important knowledge gaps remain.
These insights could help guide the potential development of better information resources and tools, tailored to the real needs of people living with lupus in different countries and regions.
SLAKE has been made possible thanks to the leadership of Prof Laurent Arnaud and Dr Antonin Satrin, and the collaboration of an international team of lupus experts and patient representatives.
🥰 Lupus Europe has proudly contributed to this project since the very beginning, and we encourage people living with lupus worldwide to take part while the study remains open.
🔗 Complete SLAKE today and let us know what you think!
lupusresearch.limequery.org/775349
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☀️ As we close our #LupusUVprotection campaign, here is one important reminder:
👉 UV protection in lupus is not only about sunny beach days.
😶🌫️ UV exposure can happen on cloudy days, near some windows, while travelling by car, or through certain artificial light sources. And in some people with lupus, its effects may not appear immediately.
‼️ That is why clear, reliable information matters.
Whether you have questions about UV light, photosensitivity, skin symptoms, flares, fatigue, daily life with lupus, or many other lupus-related topics, Lupus Europe provides free, reliable and multilingual tools to support you:
🔹 #𝗟𝘂𝗽𝘂𝘀𝟭𝟬𝟬
Patient-friendly answers to 100 key questions about lupus, including sun exposure and UV protection
lupus100.org/en/questions/can-i-sunbathe-with-lupus
Created with lupus experts & patients. Available in 19 languages.
🔹 #𝗟𝘂𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗚𝗣𝗧
A free artificial intelligence tool to help people find reliable, valid lupus information in almost any language.:
lupusgpt.org/
🔹 #𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗟𝘂𝗽𝘂𝘀
Like LupusGPT, but designed to make the answers even easier to understand:
easy.lupusgpt.org/
🦋 Because lupus does not only affect clinic appointments. It affects everyday life.
✅ Stay informed. Ask questions. Use reliable resources.
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