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[winkleweizen]

So yeah, she has Antiphospholipid antibodies and is supposedly in a hypercoagulable state, but why would her PTT be prolonged?, and why wouldnt that cause painful hemarthroses?


Thanks in advance!


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[whoknows2012]

PTT is prolonged because the clotting factors are being used up and what would appear to be a bleeding state is actually a hypercoagulable state hence the lack of hemarthroses