Alpha1 Awareness UK

Welcome....

....to the website for all sufferers of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. We hope you will find this site helpful. You will find information about the condition, contacts who are ready to give you more information, social and fundraising events and how to become a member of the group.

PLEASE NOTE that this website is run by Alphas and their carers. We do our best to make the information up-to-date and accurate. HOWEVER ALWAYS consult your GP or other medical professionals.

Information Days

Our second Information Day will be held in Eastleigh near Southampton on the 5th September will be announced shortly. Go to INFO DAY SOUTHAMPTON SEPTEMBER 2009.

Information Days are gatherings of Alphas at which medical professionals give short presentations on coping with Alpha1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, what the condition is and how it can affect you and your family, recent research into treatments and cures, in short, anything Alpha1 related.

It is also an opportunity to meet other Alphas in your area.

If you wish to attend a meeting because you are an Alpha, you care for an Alpha or you work with Alphas then please follow this link: InfoDays.

Spain and Portugal

The First Iberian Congress will be held in Madrid in October. If your Spanish or Portugese is good then you may wish to read more about it on our News page.