The Clotting Story

CHART CLUE

Three of Stina’s blood findings keep being read alone: a mild anemiaA condition characterized by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin, leading to reduced oxyge that no amount of iron will fix, a platelet count that climbs during every flare, and a serum CRP that sits sky-high year after year. Filed separately, they look like odd, harmless labs. Read together, they are one sustained acute-phase response and the liverA large organ that produces bile, detoxifies blood, and stores nutrients. is quietly seeding something dangerous.