Lupus anticoagulant and other clotting disorders occur in about 20% of lupus patients. These can develop at any age.
Researchers do not know how lupus anticoagulant develops.
Lupus anticoagulant is a blood clotting disorder that occurs in some lupus patients. Lupus anticoagulant causes blood clots. It is treated with blood thinners.
Lupus anticoagulant is one a several blood clotting disorders that can affect lupus patients. Lupus anticoagulant causes the patient to make blood clots. It is treated with blood thinners.
Lupus anticoagulant does not, in itself cause tiredness but having lupus does. Lupus can cause anemia which in turn causes fatigue. Lupus can cause the body to make inflammatory cytokines which cause a feeling of flu like fatigue.
Yes, lupus anticoagulant (also called antiphospholipid antibodies) do not go away. It is a chronic problem associated with the increased risk of developing thromboses in the body. If you develop two or more thromboses in your lifetime, you may need chronic anticoagulation therapy with a medication such as warfarin.
20 percent of people with lupus will have a parent or sibling who already has lupus or may develop lupus.
No, but if the mother has a lupus clotting disorder (antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, anticardiolipin or lupus anticoagulant) clots can form that block the flow of blood to the fetus resulting in miscarriage.
Yes, lupus can develop at any age.
If your sister has lupus anticoagulants there is a chance that you might have it, but that is not a very big chance. If you are concerned about it, a simple blood test for things like lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, and antiphospholipid antibodies can tell you for certain.
Yes, dogs get lupus. Researchers have been able to cause lupus to develop in mice as well.
Lupus is not directly hereditary, however predisposition to developing autoimmunity is more likely in people who are related. Lupus is not contagious. For these two reasons, a person cannot be a lupus carrier. A person can be genetically predisposed to develop lupus but the disease may never develop.
There is no definitive laboratory test for lupus. A diagnosis of lupus is based on: 1. Medical history 2. Symptoms 3. A variety of tests 4. Process of elimination Since these things cannot be done on a fetus, the answer is no, lupus cannot be detected prenatally.
Researchers are still discovering genetic issues in lupus. You may be born with the genetic make up that predisposes you to develop lupus later in life. But lupus may or may not develop. In cases of genetically identical twins, both develop lupus in only about 30% of the cases. A baby born to a mother who has lupus might have neonatal lupus which usually clears on its own in six months or so. In some cases the infant might have congenital heart block, but not necessarily lupus.