Hypercoagulation (aka "thick blood") and chronic disease

[PhilC]

I thought I’d post some information on hypercoagulation since it’s something that most likely affects many people, and yet I rarely see anyone discussing it. I recall reading that 70% of scleroderma patients have hypercoagulation. Unfortunately, the article later disappeared so I didn’t save a copy of the URL.

“Hypercoagulation, or thrombophilia, may be defined as reduced capillary blood flow or a greater tendency than normal for blood to coagulate, or clot. Of approximately 900 borreliosis patients that I tested, 90 percent had hypercoagulation. Comparatively, only five percent of the general healthy population has hypercoagulation, due to infections.”

Source: http://drcharlescrist.net/hypercoagulation.html

Hypercoagulation: The CFS/FM Plot Thickens
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/diffdx/hypercoagulation.html

Hypercoagulation Linked to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, MS, Infertility, Chronic Illness (Part 1)
http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/health_hypercoagulation_ill.html

Hypercoagulation Linked to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, MS, Infertility, Chronic Illness (Part 2)
http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/health_hypercoagulation_aps.html

Phil

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
- Albert Einstein

[Lynne G.SD]

Hi Phil;
Lots of info about that on http://www.sclerodermainfo.org.I have a couple good links,eill send when I find them

[Lynne G.SD]

Found this faster than I thought
https://www.inspire.com/groups/scleroderma-foundation/discussion/review-therapeutic-plasma-exchange-for-the-treatment-of-scleroderma/

[richie]

I dont really know if I had that problem but as a precaution I take a baby aspirin every even –I know my blood isnt thick now —

[Lynne G.SD]

Hi Richie;
Asperin will not do anything for red blood cell aggregation.It’s a whole different thing.Somewhere I think I have a link that talks about mino being able to fix it.Anyway you might like to know that mino works for people that do not have any infection because it stops our IL6 and TNF-!b. I think RA has IL4 and Lupus has IL10.If you want links to that I can send them

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712603/

Here is some good reading material
http://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(11)00541-4/abstract
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrocyte_aggregation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712603/

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