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Re: Saturday, June 14, 2003
Re your two cousins in the hospital with blood clots: both should be tested for the Anticardiolipin Antibody, a marker for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (aka Hughes Disease.) It's a blood clotting disorder that tends to run in families. It causes blood clots, stroke, heart attacks and more as well as fertility and miscarriage issues. The good news: it is treatable with Coumadin. Unfortunately, doctors tend not to test for it and many people suffer needlessly as a result.
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