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OK, I know most people think of acupuncture as some form of ancient Chinese torture…old wrinkled man who pretends he doesn’t speak English sticking small needles all over your body…why would you pay someone to do that?

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Multiple Miscarriages and APS

By Lee July 7, 2008 9:28am 6 Comments

If you have suffered multiple miscarriages, especially in the first trimester, you may want to ask your doctor to do a blood test for antiphospholipid syndrome. This is an autoimmune disease that causes blood clots in the placenta, which reduces or cuts off blood flow to the fetus, resulting in fetal death. I know more about this condition than I …

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Antiphospholipid Syndrome Information

Antiphospholipid syndrome (or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome) is a disorder of coagulation which causes thrombosis in both arteries and veins, as well as recurrent miscarriage. It is due to the autoimmune production of antibodies against cell membrane constituents. It is occasionally referred to as Hughes' syndrome after the rheumatologist Dr Graham R.V. Hughes (St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK).

A very rare form is the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, in which there is rapid organ dysfunction and failure. It carries a high mortality.

Often, this disease is treated by giving aspirin to inhibit platelet activation, and/or warfarin as an anticoagulant. The goal of the prophylactic treatment is to maintain the patient's INR between 2.0-3.0. It is not usually done in patients who have not had any thrombotic symptoms. During pregnancy, heparin is used instead of warfarin because of warfarin's teratogenicity.

Women with recurrent miscarriage are often advised to take aspirin and to start heparin (or low molecular weight heparin) treatment after missing a period. This is the most effective treatment at the moment.

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