Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)

Question 1

Anticardiolipin Antibody
Syndrome
aCL Syndrome
aPL Syndrome
Hughes Syndrome
Lupus Anticoagulant Syndrome

Answer 1

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 2

immune
system mistakenly creates
antibodies (antiphospholipid)

Answer 2

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 3

isn’t passed down directly
from parents to children in the
same way as other conditions,
such as haemophilia and sickle cell
anaemia

Answer 3

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 4

Viral infections, such as the cytomegalovirus (CMV) or slapped
cheek syndrome (parvovirus B19)

Answer 4

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 5

Bacterial infections, such as E. coli (a bacteria often associated
with food poisoning) or leptospirosis (an infection usually spread
by certain animals)

Answer 5

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 6

thrombosis, such as immobility, dehydration, surgery, the oral
contraceptive pill and pregnancy

Answer 6

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Question 7

not caused by a single genetic change, it is not
commonly passed down from parent to child in the same way
that conditions such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia
would be

Answer 7

ANTIPOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME