This video was pro­duced by the APS Foun­da­tion of Amer­i­ca, Inc. The APS­FA can be lo­cat­ed at http://www.aps­fa.org.

APS is as­so­ci­at­ed with re­cur­rent clot­ting events (throm­bo­sis) in­clud­ing pre­ma­ture stroke, re­peat­ed mis­car­riages, phlebitis, ve­nous throm­bo­sis (clot in the vein) and pul­monary throm­boem­bolism (block­age of an artery found in the lung due to a clot that has trav­eled from a vein). It is al­so as­so­ci­at­ed with low platelet or blood el­e­ments that pre­vent bleed­ing. Re­cent­ly, how­ev­er, even more dis­ease states have been linked with APL in­clud­ing pre­ma­ture heart at­tack, mi­graine headaches, var­i­ous car­diac valvu­lar ab­nor­mal­i­ties, skin le­sions, ab­nor­mal move­ment/chorea, dis­eases that mim­ic mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis, vas­cu­lar dis­eases of the eye that can lead to vi­su­al loss and blind­ness.

The APS Foun­da­tion of Amer­i­ca, Inc. is the on­ly Unit­ed States non­prof­it health agen­cy ded­i­cat­ed to bring­ing na­tion­al aware­ness to An­tiphos­pho­lipid An­ti­body Syn­drome (APS), the ma­jor cause of mul­ti­ple mis­car­riages, throm­bo­sis, young strokes and heart at­tacks. We are a vol­un­teer run, com­mu­ni­ty based 501(c)3 non-​prof­it Pub­lic Char­i­ty or­ga­ni­za­tion and is ded­i­cat­ed to fos­ter­ing and fa­cil­i­tat­ing joint ef­forts in the ar­eas of ed­u­ca­tion, sup­port, pub­lic aware­ness, re­search and pa­tient ser­vices. Their URL is http://www.aps­fa.org

The APS Friends and Sup­port Fo­rum at http://www.aps­fo­rum.com . This is an open fo­rum for peo­ple who have An­tiphos­pho­lipid An­ti­body Syn­drome, friends, fam­i­ly, and care­givers.

There are many ways you can help the APS Foun­da­tion of Amer­i­ca, Inc. You can vol­un­teer your time and tal­ents such as in the area of fundrais­ing, ad­vo­ca­cy, fi­nance, or sup­port group ex­pe­ri­ences, do­nate mon­ey or pur­chase APS gear through our web­page at http://www.aps­fa.org or through our Café Press at http://www.cafe­press.com/aps­foun­da­tion.

Key­words: APS­FA, APS, Foun­da­tion, an­tiphos­pho­lipid an­ti­body syn­drome, lu­pus, stroke, dvt, pe, throm­bo­sis, clot, mi­graine, hugh­es, syn­drome, mis­car­riage, an­ti­co­ag­u­lant, heart at­tack, ver­ti­go