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Judi Lynn

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:59 AM Nov 2020

Possible cause of COVID-19 blood clots found


By Rachael Rettner - Senior Writer 17 hours ago

COVID-19 appears to spur the production of special antibodies known to trigger blood clots.


One of the many dangers of COVID-19 is the disease's mysterious ability to promote blood clots throughout the body. Now, a new study may explain why — the disease appears to spur the production of special antibodies known to trigger blood clots.

These so-called "autoimmune antibodies" or "autoantibodies" attack a person's own tissues. Specific types of autoantibodies called "antiphospholipid autoantibodies" attack cells in such a way as to promote blood clots.

In the study, published Nov. 2 in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers detected these autoantibodies in about half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these autoantibodies were typically seen in people who have an autoimmune disorder known as antiphospholipid syndrome, or APS. This syndrome affects about 1 in every 2,000 people, and it triggers dangerous blood clots inpatients' arteries and veins.

More:
https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-blood-clots-autoantibodies.html
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doc03

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2. COVID worries me because I have a condition called Factor V Laden. Factor V Laden causes
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 08:52 AM
Nov 2020

your blood to clot too fast. After getting two blood clots in my leg 15 years ago they put a filter in to catch clots and I have been taking blood thinner ever since.

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