ANTICARDIOLIPIN SYNDROME

    
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Posted by ccf Neuro MD on June 17, 1997 at 11:35:06:

In Reply to: ANTICARDIOLIPIN SYNDROME posted by TAMMY JO GOODMAN on June 07, 1997 at 23:20:51:

: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME SOME FACTS ABOUT ANTICARDIOLIPIN SYNDROME.  I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IT IN 1994.
  I HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING A MILD HEART ATTACK.  I HAVE HAD TWO MISCARRIAGES AND AM NOW TRYING TO HAVE A CHILD.
  MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE SEVERAL ?'S BUT NOONE WHERE WE LIVE CAN ANSWER THEM FOR US.  I SUFFER FROM SEVERE HEADACHES,
  THAT PUT ME IN BED AND I HAVE THEM FOR WEEKS AT A TIME NOT JUST LITTLE ONE DAY HEADACHES. I HAVE A STABLE HOME LIFE WITH THE NORMAL
  STRESSES.  I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND.
                   THANK YOU,
                    TAMMY JO    
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Hello, Tammy Jo.  Antiphospholipid antibodies area heterogenous group of  antibodies directed against phospholipids, which are essential components of all cells in the body. Cardiolipin is a type of phospholipid that is very commonly involved.  Antiphospholipid antibodies are present  in 2-10% of  the general population and usually don