Hughes Syndrome: A Patient's Guide

ISBN-13: 9783319310282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 93 str.

Graham Hughes

Opis

As with any delicate machine, the human body can be profoundly affected by its supply of vital running materials. Thus, the tendency for the blood to clot excessively has the potential to cut off the oxygen supply to any organ of the body. In 1983, Dr Graham Hughes and his team in London described a syndrome and subsequently developed simple blood tests to diagnose the condition. This syndrome is characterised by thrombosis (both in limbs and internal organs), headaches, memory loss, strokes and, in pregnant women, placental clotting and recurrent miscarriage. The syndrome, now known worldwide as Hughes Syndrome, or the anti-phospholipid syndrome, is common - being responsible for example, for up to 1 in 5 cases of young stroke. More important, it is treatable. This book provides the first in-depth description of the syndrome for patients.

Spis treści

1. Sticky Blood: the Disease Is Common.- 2. Main Clinical Features.- 3. Clotting in Veins.- 4. Stroke.- 5. Memory Loss and “Alzheimers”.- 6. Headaches, Migraine and Fits.- 7. The Spinal Cord and “Multiple Sclerosis”.- 8. The Heart and Arteries.- 9. Internal Organs.- 10. The “Catastrophic” Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- 11. Pregnancy and Fetal Loss.- 12. Hughes’ Syndrome and Lupus.- 13. Treatment.- 14. The Outlook.- 15. What Blood Tests Do We Use?.- 16. Research.- 17. Background.- 18. An Update.- 19. Further Reading and Websites.

Blurb

This second edition is a result from a worldwide surge of interest in antiphospholipid syndrome. This disease, also known as Hughes Syndrome, affects all organs of the body including the placenta, and touches all areas of medicine. Many publications have shown that APS causes miscarriage, strokes, heart attacks and teenage epilepsy, as well as being a major, treatable cause of migraine and memory loss. 

Hughes' Syndrome- A Patient’s Guide, Second Edition, will see many of the illustrations updated as well as an increase in the number of figures within the chapters, to help the reader understand and treat this disease. Although labelled a 'patient's guide', the text and presentation is aimed at a wide spectrum of health care professionals.