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Severe Back Pain. Had A Miscarriage. Diagnosed With Lupus Anticoagulant. Could It Be Due To Nutrilite Products?
Hi Doctor,
My Name is pratyusha i am 28yr old and I am a big time nutrilite products.I have certain health concerns for which i need your help and suggestion.
Coming to the history 3 months back i lost my baby in my 36th week of pregnency and when doctors diagnosed they found i have lupus anti coagulant +ve (but it is lower level) and that is the reason for intrauterine fetal death. I also have severe back pain through out my pregnency before and after one week back when i did test with regards as suggested by
orthopedic doctor the results are like this 1) CRP (C Reactive Protein) is +ve 2) ESR is also crossed levels 3) Uric Acid is on boader level and 4) vit D is deficient(5).
I want to plan for my next baby now because if I age more problems also will increase and when i went to gynic doctor she suggested me to take folic acid and ' aspirin tab to prevent blood clotting'. Then i said can i use nutrilite iron folic instead of folic acid then she said the herbal things some times will interact with some health conditions so she asked me to stop all herbal things.
in my previous pregnency I had lupus only towards the end not from start and I have been taking " daily multivitamin,cal mag d,iron folic, concentrated fruits and vegtabes,salmon omega 3 and protein powder".i read in multiple articles that Alfa Alfa herbal concentrate creates lupus condition some times and even on amway web site they have mentioned 'for cal mag d they mentioned people with lupus need to check with doctor'.
Other than this I never had in my life any other health problem and my stress levels are also not too high. Now my doubt is is my health concern or lupus got triggered because of too much of Alfa Alfa concentrate from herbal thing? What do I need to use to become healthier again? Do I need to continue Nutrilite stuff? Or shall I proceed what doctor suggests?
My Name is pratyusha i am 28yr old and I am a big time nutrilite products.I have certain health concerns for which i need your help and suggestion.
Coming to the history 3 months back i lost my baby in my 36th week of pregnency and when doctors diagnosed they found i have lupus anti coagulant +ve (but it is lower level) and that is the reason for intrauterine fetal death. I also have severe back pain through out my pregnency before and after one week back when i did test with regards as suggested by
orthopedic doctor the results are like this 1) CRP (C Reactive Protein) is +ve 2) ESR is also crossed levels 3) Uric Acid is on boader level and 4) vit D is deficient(5).
I want to plan for my next baby now because if I age more problems also will increase and when i went to gynic doctor she suggested me to take folic acid and ' aspirin tab to prevent blood clotting'. Then i said can i use nutrilite iron folic instead of folic acid then she said the herbal things some times will interact with some health conditions so she asked me to stop all herbal things.
in my previous pregnency I had lupus only towards the end not from start and I have been taking " daily multivitamin,cal mag d,iron folic, concentrated fruits and vegtabes,salmon omega 3 and protein powder".i read in multiple articles that Alfa Alfa herbal concentrate creates lupus condition some times and even on amway web site they have mentioned 'for cal mag d they mentioned people with lupus need to check with doctor'.
Other than this I never had in my life any other health problem and my stress levels are also not too high. Now my doubt is is my health concern or lupus got triggered because of too much of Alfa Alfa concentrate from herbal thing? What do I need to use to become healthier again? Do I need to continue Nutrilite stuff? Or shall I proceed what doctor suggests?
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Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Hello,
Welcome to Healthcaremagic,
From your query i understood that you are affected by Lupus anticoagulants and Alfalfa herbal products.
Lupus anticoagulants are present in persons with autoimmune disease like Systemic lupus erythematosus ( immune response against his or her own body antigens) and also in persons taking drugs like Phenytoin, Amoxycillin and Hydralazine etc.
So you have either some subtle autoimmune disease or you may developed lupus anticoagulants from above said drugs.
Alfalfa products activate the immune system and exacerbate the lupus in persons with lupus anticoagulants.
It is better to avoid all Alfalfa containing herbal products (Almost all herbal products you mentioned may contain Alfalfa).
Take aspirin with iron and folic acid is enough now.
Repeat the lupus test after 3 months.
Also repeat the other parameters which are elevated in recent test after 3 months.
If all the level becomes normal then plan for next baby.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Welcome to Healthcaremagic,
From your query i understood that you are affected by Lupus anticoagulants and Alfalfa herbal products.
Lupus anticoagulants are present in persons with autoimmune disease like Systemic lupus erythematosus ( immune response against his or her own body antigens) and also in persons taking drugs like Phenytoin, Amoxycillin and Hydralazine etc.
So you have either some subtle autoimmune disease or you may developed lupus anticoagulants from above said drugs.
Alfalfa products activate the immune system and exacerbate the lupus in persons with lupus anticoagulants.
It is better to avoid all Alfalfa containing herbal products (Almost all herbal products you mentioned may contain Alfalfa).
Take aspirin with iron and folic acid is enough now.
Repeat the lupus test after 3 months.
Also repeat the other parameters which are elevated in recent test after 3 months.
If all the level becomes normal then plan for next baby.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
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