Autoimmune Diseases with biologic therapy

COVID-19 & Biologics: Patients Share their Experience

4 Jun 2020 • 3 comments

Carenity conducted a survey to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to specific, treatment-related information for chronic disease patients undergoing biologic therapy. Biologic...

Intimacy with a chronic illness

2 Jun 2020 • 1 comment

Sexual dysfunction is estimated to be 2 to 6 times more frequent in patients with chronic illness or disability. Diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, psychiatric disorders, kidney failure,...

End-of-Lockdown Anxiety

26 May 2020 • 10 comments

Fear of infection, panic on public transport or in shops, readjustment to work, the need for consumerism, social pressure... The fears caused by the end of the COVID-19 lockdown are numerous....

End of the COVID-19 Lockdown: How to Carry On with the Coronavirus?

15 May 2020 • 2 comments

After almost two months in lockdown, the United Kingdom will have to start to learn to live with the coronavirus. Many in the UK are worried about ending the lockdown in phases. No one reacts to the...

Learn More About Methotrexate!

13 May 2020 • 3 comments

Methotrexate is a chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant. It is used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases of the skin or joints such as rheumatoid arthritis,...

HIV/AIDS

HIV and the Coronavirus

12 May 2020

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects 36.9 million people worldwide, including more than 103,800 in the UK. HIV targets CD4 lymphocytes, cells essential to the immune system, making the...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis & the Coronavirus

11 May 2020 • 1 Like • 3 comments

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1% of the population in the UK, or around 400,000 people. The disease affects the joints and causes the progressive destruction of cartilage and bone. The...

Diabetes (Type 2)

Type 2 Diabetes: Learn More About Metformin!

6 May 2020 • 2 Likes • 5 comments

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, making up more than 90% of all diabetes cases. It is characterized by a later diagnosis than type 1 diabetes and often occurs in people who are...

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19

5 May 2020

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Currently, 130,000 people have MS in the UK. The symptoms are varied: fatigue, optic neuritis,...

Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis

Gastrointestinal Disorders and the Coronavirus

5 May 2020 • 1 Like • 2 comments

More than 300,000 patients suffer from chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the United Kingdom. And this number is constantly increasing! The conditions that fall under the IBD umbrella...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes and the Coronavirus

29 Apr 2020 • 1 comment

According to Diabetes UK, 3.9 million people are currently living with a diabetes diagnosis in the UK, with almost a million more people who don't know they have it, bring the total up to more than...

Chronic kidney disease

Kidney Disease and the Coronavirus

28 Apr 2020 • 1 comment

Kidney disease is far from being a rare condition, with around 3 million people in the UK affected by a chronic kidney disease. Kidney disease can lead to a gradual and irreversible deterioration in...