Rheumatology

COVID-19 Information

Some patients with inflammatory conditions are considered at higher risk of contracting Covid-19. To check your level of Coronavirus risk please refer to the flowchart linked here.

If you are well, do NOT stop taking your anti-rheumatic medication unless advised to do so by your Rheumatology team. By stopping your medication you may be more likely to flare which could put you at increased risk of contracting any infection.

Do NOT stop steroid treatment suddenly.

To protect yourself and others, please wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, cough into a tissue and discard immediately, avoid touching your face and avoid contact with anyone who is unwell.​

• Link to NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
• Link to NRAS – https://www.nras.org.uk/coronavirus
• Link to NASS – https://nass.co.uk/managing-my-as/covid19-coronavirus/
• Link to Versus Arthritis – https://www.versusarthritis.org/
• Link to ROS – Osteoporosis Support groups – https://theros.org.uk/information-and-support-events-suspended

3rd Covid Vaccine Information for Immunosuppressed Patients

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Links

Emotional Wellbeing, Sleep, & Fatigue

Osteoporosis

Arthritis

Hypermobility & Ehlers Danlos

Fibromyalgia

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Further Rheumatology Support

Ehlers-Danlos.org
For information and self-management advice on living with Ehlers Danlos: 0800 907 8518

Gout

Hypermobility

Looking after your joints

Lupus

National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

NRAS ‘Sex, Drugs and RA’

Osteoporosis bone and muscle strengthening

Osteoporosis caring for your back

Osteoporosis staying steady

Osteoporosis warm up and cool down

Papaa – Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

Scleroderma and Raynauds

Sjogrens’s syndrome

Versus Arthritis – All Conditions

Versus Arthritis ‘Sex and Arthritis’

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