1. Sticky Blood: the Disease Is Common -- 2. Main Clinical Features -- 3. Clotting in Veins -- 4. Stroke -- 5. Memory Loss and zAlzheimersy -- 6. Headaches, Migraine and Fits -- 7. The Spinal Cord and zMultiple Sclerosisy -- 8. The Heart and Arteries -- 9. Internal Organs -- 10. The zCatastrophicy Antiphospholipid Syndrome -- 11. Pregnancy and Fetal Loss -- 12. Hughes� Syndrome and Lupus -- 13. Treatment -- 14. The Outlook -- 15. What Blood Tests Do We Use? -- 16. Research -- 17. Background -- 18. An Update -- 19. Further Reading and Websites.

This second edition is a result from a worldwide surge of interest in antiphospholipid syndrome. This disease, also known as Hughes Syndrome, affects all organs of the body including the placenta, and touches all areas of medicine. Many publications have shown that APS causes miscarriage, strokes, heart attacks and teenage epilepsy, as well as being a major, treatable cause of migraine and memory loss. Hughes' Syndrome- A Patient�s Guide, Second Edition, will see many of the illustrations updated as well as an increase in the number of figures within the chapters, to help the reader understand and treat this disease. Although labelled a 'patient's guide', the text and presentation is aimed at a wide spectrum of health care professionals.