RE: MED: Hypercoagulable State in Blood

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Hi,

I put the sticky blood dx to my lupus list because it sounds like the

antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, also called Syndrome in the UK.

Here are a couple of answers.

CHristie

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>> " Sticky blood " = ' Syndrome!

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>>Love,

Took out name - this person keeps a website for Dr. in the UK.

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2.

>Which equals Antiphospholipid Syndrome which is not something that is just

>a " CFS " condition. And not something to be taken lightly. I think doctors

>are making asses out of themselves if they tell you have CFS or CFIDS then

>say " oh and by the way you have " sticky blood. " I think they're putting

>the cart before the horse.

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>>The coagulation CASCADE may be activated directly by an

>>immunoglobulin (IgG antibody), which indicates a long-term

>>nflammatory response from varied sources,

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>This statement is consistent with APLS/ syndrome.

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>Some of the other data given indicate that this hypercoagulation is not

>precisely ' Syndrome but possibly due to other problems (genetic

>clotting factor abnormalities, etc.) From what I read it makes more sense

>to me to say " You have a clotting abnormality which may be causing your

>chronic fatigue and other symptoms " rather than " Because you have CFS you

>might also have this clotting problem. " Does that make sense?

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>This person has lupus and a background in microbiology.

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