AGM 2017

AGM, December 2017 Impressions from new trustee, Andrew Dugdale: It was really good meeting those of you who attended the AGM on Saturday, my first exposure to actually meeting people in the group, rather than just ‘meeting’ via the list serve, and it was an excellent experience. What a great bunch of people we have 

Andrea’s Story

My name is Andrea and I developed the first signs of urticaria pigmentosa at about the age of 24 and I am now 43. I stopped going to see my consultant some years ago as it was simply a case of saying “Hello, keep taking the antihistamines and see you in 12 months time”. I 

Lorna’s Story

I was initially diagnosed with UP [urticaria pigmentosa] in 1987 at the age of 42. We had been on a hot holiday to Greece and I had rashes on my legs that did not disappear. My GP referred me to a dermatologist, who gave the diagnosis of UP after a biopsy of one of the