Scleroderma NZ National Seminar,
Wellington 6th of May 2017
Another successful seminar attracted expert speakers and an interested audience.
In a full day, our experts covered such topics as coping with a chronic illness, living with ME/CFS or chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia and related conditions, how to care for your eyes and the mysteries of your scleroderma-affected digestive system.
COPING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS
Dr Charles Hornabrook, Consultant Psychiatrist and Dr Aleisha Atkin, Clinical Psychologist
Consult-Liaison Psychiatry Team, Wellington Hospital
SCLERODERMA AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Dr Stephen Inns
Gastroenterologist, Hutt Valley DHB
PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) AND SCLERODERMA
Dr Andrew Aitken
Cardiologist Wellington Hospital
DRY EYES
Dr Cameron Loveridge-Easther and Dr Tiffany Ma
Opthalmology Registrars
THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT
Sandra Forsyth, Vice Chair of WellMe