Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Question

Has there been research conducted between AS and red blood cell/vascular problems (other than cardiac, those I know)?
Thanks kindly

Shel

Think you might find that a number of AS'ers have vascular dysfunction. As in having Raynaud's; erythromalalgia and such.

Microvascular function is impaired in ankylosing ...
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4 Apr 2008 ... Objectives: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with increased ... Inflammation in AS may cause microvascular dysfunction. To test this ...
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Endothelial dysfunction in ankylosing spondylitis improves ...
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5 Mar 2010 ... Chronic inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. Infliximab improves inflammatory ...

Put in a search criteria -

I just put in the criteria and came up with a number of links - here's a couple, but there are more -


Some Examples of Autoimmune Processes - Suspect exposure to ...
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An autoimmune disorder occurs when a person's immune system mistakenly attacks their own body ... Occurs when the body produces antibodies that coat red blood cells. ..... Ankylosing spondylitis is a progressive autoimmune disease, which causes .... The most common are hemangiomas, blood-filled vascular channels.
Autoimmune Diseases
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Vascular · Skin Diseases · Treatments and Clinical Trials · Skin Diseases ... Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of of inflammatory arthritis that affects areas ... Pathogenesis of endometriosis: natural immunity dysfunction or autoimmune disease? .... is a reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets.
A-Z of medical conditions - DWP
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Ankylosing spondylitis, Back Pain ... Atherosclerosis (PVD / Claudication), Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Blood disorder – Other / type not known, Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Departments ..... Metabolic red cell disorders: ...

I am having strange vascular issues, I must read everything you posted as a starting guide. I have a cavernous hepatic hemangioma. That will soon be surgically removed, multiple hemangiomas on my spine, an abnormal red blood vessel collection in the right hemisphere of my brain and an aneurysm in the left hemisphere. My hemoglobin is always high despite chronic rectal bleeding.

Thank you..It gives me a starting point. I have been researching like crazy vascular diseases. The docs do not know why I am experiencing so many vascular abnormalities.

Very much appreciated.

Shel

i know that EDS can affect the vascular system, though don't know if their symptoms are similar or dissimilar to what you describe.

I'm sorry Sue. What is EDS? I might feel embarrassed once answered. My vascular problems are asymptomatic. They have potential to be problematic, if that makes sense. My liver would be the exception, just from shear size in the chest cavity.

Thank you for the articles, I have began reading and have made some head way into research. There was a certain article in the Oxford Journal of Rheumatology I wanted to read.

Tomorrow I am hoping to go to the medical library. I wish to resubscribe my membership. I can then access all current medical literature/journals from home. Otherwise many full text articles require payment or subscription.

Shel

Lupus can have a lot of vascular problems - particularly CNS lupus.

Is it possible to find any sort of specialist in autoimmune vascular disorders?

sorry, EDS is this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlers–Danlos_syndrome

"Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen."

Here's a bit more on the subject -

Vascular Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849313356
25 Jan 2001 ... Vascular Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases provides answers to all these questions. Ronald Asherson, Richard Cervera ...
Collagen-Vascular Disease Associated With Interstitial Lung ...
emedicine.medscape.com/article/1343513-overview - Similarto Collagen-Vascular Disease Associated With Interstitial Lung ...
31 May 2011 ... Collagen-vascular diseases (CVDs) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders of unknown etiology. Many CVDs involve the lungs ...