Threatened Miscariage

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HI all,

I have recently taken on a patient who has chronic sinusitis. During her

intake she asked

what TCM thinks about threatened miscarriage and in particular the autoimunne

disease

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which is a disease characterised by severe

clotting.

This patient had many miscarriages in the past before being put on low dose

aspirin and

heperin, which allowed her to have two children. She is interested in a third

but is worried

obviously about the drugs effect on her body and as well the effect that low

dose aspirin

might have on her baby when breast feeding (ie Reyes disease).

Has anyone treated this western diagnosed condition before with TCM? IT seems

obvious

to me that a large element of blood stasis is at play (her tongue is actually

reddish purple),

but she is very nervous and would love feedback from other TCM practitioners who

have

had success with this, since I lack the experience.

Some links she gave me about her condition and the western specialist that

treated her for

anyone interestred are:

 

http://www.google.ca/search?

hl=en & sa=X & oi=spell & resnum=0 & ct=result & cd=1 & q=mary+stephenson+antiphospholipi

d+antibody+syndrome & spell=1

 

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en & q=Antiphospholipid+antibody+syndrome & meta=

 

She has told me that more specifically she has a high count of

" anticardiolipin " antibodies

in her blood.

 

Any thoughts about the low dose aspirin and breast feeding would also be

appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Trevor