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Related: About this forumPossible 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.
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https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-blood-clots-autoantibodies.html
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Possible cause of COVID-19 blood clots found (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Nov 2020
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(38,601 posts)1. Metaphor for our citizenry: body attacking itself
doc03
(35,148 posts)2. COVID worries me because I have a condition called Factor V Laden. Factor V Laden causes
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.
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)3. Very best wishes throughout this horrendous new situation. So glad they found out about it. n/t