... months if it is helping your Crohn's. Many people with lupus have symptoms first, with negative labs, then ANA becomes positive months or even years later. ... (10 replies)
... The allergist wanted to wait and redo the test in 6 months before he referred her to a rheumy. ... (3 replies)
... I came up positive for ana speckled and negative for dsDNA. They said im negative for smooth Dna antibodies too. He says to see my rheumatologist who I saw earlier this year because I all the sudden got really bad joint pain in my hands. ... (10 replies)
... This confirms the positive ANA test at a significant, although not extremely high, level. ... (2 replies)
... path used "Alcian" stain, but that was years ago. BTW, the test is called a "lupus band test". ... (1 replies)
... I've been on Remicade for 7 years and my GI said that a lot of people who are on Remicade test positive for ANA. ... (10 replies)
... seeing a rheumatologist, I'd want to, if I were you. While your ANA maybe isn't screamingly high, with your knee pain, muscle pain, fatigue, headaches, dry cough, etc., you have many disparate things going on. ... (5 replies)
... seeing a rheumatologist, I'd want to, if I were you. While your ANA maybe isn't screamingly high, with your knee pain, muscle pain, fatigue, headaches, dry cough, etc., you have many disparate things going on. ... (5 replies)
... seeing a rheumatologist, I'd want to, if I were you. While your ANA maybe isn't screamingly high, with your knee pain, muscle pain, fatigue, headaches, dry cough, etc., you have many disparate things going on. ... (5 replies)
... for diagnosis a positive test for a specific antibody is more important than is a negative ANA test. ... (7 replies)
... Does a negative ANA rule out SLE, as I know people test negative for ANA but still have the subset SCLE. I am confused. If anyone could clear this up, I would greatly appreciate it. ... (1 replies)
... I recently reviewed some autoimmune info and it explained that if calcium and magnesium levels were off, more cal than mag, then you could have inflammation problem. Info explained magnesium helps keep control of inflammation.
When doctors started workup on me, they were looking for protein in urine.
Info in medical books about immune inflammatory responses indicates... (29 replies)
... of negative ANA. ... (29 replies)
... I was wondering if it is possible to have any form of Lupus with out having a positive ANA test? ... (29 replies)
... three rows of extra eyelashes, and arthritis, and osteo penia. I had ana test.. ... (6 replies)
... speckled. Now ANA negative but RNP 7.8. ... (0 replies)
... It looks to me like your ANA result fell within your lab's negative range, but your dr. should confirm that, of course. ... (2 replies)
... Hi and welcome. I was told and have read that about 3 to 5% of people with systemic lupus remain ANA-negative, but test positive for anti-Ro. This subtype is called "Ro-lupus". Hopefully your doctors will test for specific autoantibodies even if your ANA stays negative---especially given your low C4, elevated ESR, etc. Hope you post more soon. Best wishes, Vee (2 replies)
... throw a negative ANA in the mix LOL. I'm just curious to see how many of us folks are truly out there. ... (9 replies)
... I've had test results where some columns make little sense. ... (3 replies)
