A healthy diet is an important part of optimising short term and long term health for Alphas. Eating a balanced diet provides us with the range of nutrients our bodies need and also helps maintain a healthy weight. Being a healthy weight (categorised as a BMI of between 20 and 25) can help reduce the […]
Professor James Chalmers and intensive care specialist Professor Leo Heunks have responded to patients on some infectious disease issues from the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Here you will find up-to-date, respiratory-specific information about COVID-19. If you have any other outbreak-related respiratory health questions, please contact info@europeanlung.org. In many cases, the recommendations are generalized for people
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New ways, same essence Since the state of health alarm was declared last March, AlfaCare has been transformed to be, more than ever, accompanying all Alfa-1 patients who are part of our program. Welcoming your concerns, doubts and uncertainty through phone calls and follow-ups we have been able to give support and help in
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The Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) answers questions from patients about COVID-19, in a series of short videos promoted by the Spanish Federation of Associations of allergic and Respiratory Diseases (FENAER), in collaboration with SEPAR Patients and the specialized channel Medicine TV. Within its objective of providing truthful information in relation to
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Early diagnosis and access to treatment, key demands of the European Alpha-1 Day. The Alfa-1 Spain Association joins the European Alpha-1 Day, which the patient associations commemorate on Saturday April 25. Early diagnosis; access to treatment regardless of the territory in which they reside, and the measurement of Alpha-1 levels in tests carried out on
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The GOLD (Global Initiative for Obstructive Chronic Lung Disease) initiative recognizes that people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are among those most affected by COVID-19 and GOLD is working with the WHO (World Health Organization) to treat to minimize the impact of infection. GOLD strongly recommends that people with COPD follow the advice of
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The Global Alpha 1 Foundation has answered the most frequently asked questions in the scientific and social environment. Refers to the direct relationship between COVID-19 and the Alpha-1 deficit. Click to further information. Read more
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A work published last month in the Journal of Clinical Medicine shows the “profound ignorance of rare respiratory diseases among pediatric professionals and medical students” in Spain. The article, in which several of the country’s leading specialists in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficit (DAAT) have a prominent role, calls for “including relevant material in the Medicine study
The European alpha community celebrates for the first time in its history the European Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficit Day (European Alpha-1 Awareness Day), promoted by the international alliance of patients Alpha-1 Global with the support of the associations of the community countries. The commemoration is celebrated on April 25, 2020.
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ALAT-Neumosur Symposium: COPD due to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. 11th ALAT Congress. Mexico City, June 27-30, 2018. Regional Meetings to update knowledge about the DAAT in collaboration with the Alfa-1 Spain Association. HU Virgen del Rocío. Seville, May 12, 2018. Regional Meetings to update knowledge about the DAAT in collaboration with the Alfa-1 Spain Association. HU
