Support & Services

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES-Salt Lake City Location

Social Interaction / Support
1st Wednesday of Month, 6:30 p.m. 
at Red Robin 1313 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City 

 

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES-American Fork Location

Social Interaction / Support
1st Tuesday of Month, 6:30 p.m. 
at Chilis 765 West State Road

 

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES-St. George  NEW LOCATION!

Social Interaction / Support
2nd Thursday of Month, 6:00 p.m. 
at Benja's Thai Restaurant 435 N. 1680 E. (off Red Cliffs Road)

Please email LupusGroupStGeorge@outlook.com for more information

 

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES-Tooele

Social Interaction / Support
2nd & 4th Saturday of Month, 10:00 am

Spiers Farm 394 West 200 South 

 

Our Social Butterfly group is a non-mediated, casual gathering where lupies and/or their loved ones can gather to talk, get to know one another, share stories, and make friends. Sometimes it helps to share your experiences with people who really "get it"!

 

 

EDUCATION
Speaking Engagements
Any time, any place

Since it can take years for lupus patients to be diagnosed correctly, it is of profound importance that we spread the word. We are working on providing more public and professional speaking engagements. Consider educating your own local office, neighborhood, church, club, friendship circle, rotary group, youth group, sorority, or extended family by having the Utah Chapter provide a speaker to discuss lupus and/or the impact of chronic illness. Or call the Utah Chapter to learn about how you can become a lupus advocate! 

Curious Tidbits:

*Why Social BUTTERFLIES? The photosensitive malar rash connected to lupus is shaped like a butterfly across the skin and cheeks. Now referred to as discoid lupus, these lesions were illustrated in Austrian dermatologist Ferdinand von Hebra's "Atlas of Skin Diseases," published in 1856.

The systemic nature of the disorder was recognized by Kaposi in 1872 and symptoms included arthritis, fever, weight loss, anemia, and central nervous system involvement.

In both systemic lupus (SLE) and discoid lupus the same auto-immune activity is at work. Some people develop only one of these forms of lupus, while a small percentage of patients develop both. 

Now you know!