Diseases

Aca (Anti Cardiolipin Antibodies)

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Anti-cardiolipin antibodies (aca) are antibodies often directed against cardiolipin and found in several diseases, including syphilis, antiphospholipid syndrome, livedoid vasculitis, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, behçet's syndrome, idiopathic spontaneous abortion, and systemic lupus erythematosus (sle).

SYMPTOMS

Blood clots in your legs (dvt). The clots can travel to your lungs (pulmonary embolism).
Repeated miscarriages or stillbirths. ...
Stroke. ...
Transitory ischemic attack (tia). ...
Rash.

CAUSES

Also people with some autoimmune diseases such as lupus have cardiolipin antibodies in their blood. This test may be used to help diagnose this disease. When high levels of cardiolipins are found in people with these or other issues, it is known as cardiolipin antibody syndrome.