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Re: 3 Miscarriages - Advise needed - to Jill
From: Jane (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:51:54 -0600 (CST)
Hi, Jill, Thanks for your information. They are very helpful.
I also had 3 m/c with unexplained causes. The only tests I did were
ANA, APA and ACA. The tests you listed sound so unfamiliar to me. Are
these tests available in most labs? Can any ob/gyn order them for me?
What kind of treatment are you using now?
At Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Jill wrote:
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>Hi. I am very sorry for your losses. Ive had 4, 3 consecutive in a row
>and it is horrible. These are the tests that i had done, and they were
>all due to Dr. Alan Beer, here is his website link.
>http://repro-med.net/intro.html.
>I had ANA (found out i am borderline positive), ANTI DNA (was borderline
>positive, now negative), TSH(found out i had hashimotos, which is an
>under active thyroid, and i have ZERO symptoms) ANTI THYROID ANTIBODIES
>(mine were out of the ballpark)blood clotting test such as, APA, ACA,
>both of these tests are crucial! LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT, you can have that
>with zero symptoms and it is a cause of recurrent m/c. PROTEINS S&C,
>ANTITHROMBIN, PROTHROBIN TIME. FACTOR V LEYDON as well. Youve had some
>of the tests needed already IE: Chromosomes. There is one test left,
>called the DQ Alpha test, which you can read about on Dr. Beer's
>website. By having all these tests run i found out the cause of my
>m/c's. 3 in a row means something is going on, and you need these tests
>to find out. I printed out the tests i wanted run , and my doctor ran
>them without question. I still cant get over having an underactive
>thyroid. I am a skinny minny with no symptoms of it at all. Hard to
>believe. PLus with a borderline positive ANA and a sometimes minor
>borderline positive ANTI DNA i now have to keep an eye on my health.
>Best of luck to you.
--
Jane
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