Do you have a clinically significant antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) profile?
Discuss with your doctor if your antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) profile is clinically significant (persistent versus transient aPL, lupus anticoagulant test positive versus negative, anticardiolipin or anti-2-Glycoprotein-I tests moderate-to-high positive versus low titer positive).* Keep in mind that not every positive laboratory test is clinically significant. #2: Do you have antiphospholipid syndrome? Discuss with your doctor if you have an established diagnosis of APS (symptomatic with history of blood clots) or you only have aPL positivity (non-symptomatic without clinical events). Keep in mind that if a long term preventive medication (e.g., warfarin, heparin, aspirin) is needed, it should be determined based on APS disease manifestations and other blood clot risk factors. #3: Do you have another systemic autoimmune disease such as lupus? Concurrent systemic autoimmune diseases and aPL increase the chances of blood clots. Thus, the optimal control of your systemic autoimmune dis
