Welcome to
the official website of the APS Foundation of America, Inc!
APS is an acronym for Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome. APS is also
called APLS or APLA in the US and Hughes Syndrome or Sticky Blood in the
UK.
We are now formally accepting donations (of any
kind) to be used to help fund the start up of the APS Foundation of
America. To the right you will see our "Each Drop Counts" graph to show
our donation progress. Please help us fill up our blood drop by dropping
us your donation!
All monetary donations are tax deductible.
Welcome
Guests!
We're thrilled to
announce the opening of our new forum venture at www.apsforum.com Registration is completely free, so come and join us in
some APS discussions and support!
Please use the links on the left
to navigate the site.
We have a lot of
great links on our links page. Please take a second to check
it out, and feel free to add any links you feel will compliment
ours.
We hope that you find this site
useful and please email us if you have any questions or
concerns. We need to get the word out on APS
together!
APS is 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.
Click below to access
our Guestmap. See how many people from all over the world have
APS!
Help us name our newsletter! We're
holding a contest in our forum to help name our Foundation Newsletter.
Please join us at www.apsforum.com and submit
your ideas. The forum is free to join and the contest can be found here. The
winner will get a free Awareness ribbon pin and another little surprise.
Share with us your creativity!
This site was originally meant to be the homepage for our Delphi
forum called APS Friends and Support. It has kind of taken on a life of
it's own and it's quickly become the official site of the APS Foundation
of America, Inc.
Watch this space for
new additions to the site!
Added more books to the Publications page
"Every Drop Counts" graph added.
Donate Page updated
About Foundation page updated
We've added a brand new forum on our own
domain apsforum.com/
APS
Foundation of America, Inc. will be building a database with your email,
name and address information for future mailings. Your information will be
kept confidential and not sold to any third parties. You may opt out at
anytime by emailing us.
Page Last Modified on:
06/08/05
The APS Foundation of America, Inc.
website and forums are independently funded and maintained by Heidi and
Tina. We do not receive any funding from advertising.
We subscribe to the HONcode
principles.
Website created and maintained by
Heidi webmaster@apsinformation.com
DISCLAIMER: APS Foundation of
America, Inc. website is not intended to replace standard doctor-patient
visits, physical examination, and medical testing. Information given
to members are only an opinions. All information should be
confirmed with your personal doctor. Always seek the advice of a trained
physician in person before seeking any new treatment regarding your
medical diagnosis or condition. Any information received from APS
Foundation of America, Inc. website is not intended to diagnose,
treat, or cure. This site is for informational purposes only. If
you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911
immediately.
