Antiphospholipid Syndrome Support Group
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. A very rare form is the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, in which there is rapid organ...
my son aged 5 had a acute case of ITP after his MMR vaccine, he now has the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in his blood, we have been told this is very rare in a child, and in some cases it clears up, is this true, has anyone experienced this before?
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I have antiphospholipid syndrome that I inherited from my mother and my son has the trait in his blood but until he sufferes a clot he is not being treated for it. My son's trait was discovered at age 6 and he is now 16.
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I have not heard of that. I'm not even sure of who else in my family has it, or if anyone else does.
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