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Hello all. New here, this is my first post. I’m in the process of trying to get a diagnosis. I’ve been sick for a year, my doctor finally started to put the pieces of my varied and strange symptoms together and sent me to the rheumatologist. Despite having so many physical markers (low grade fevers, awful facial rashes, anemia, joint pain, neck swelling,constant fog and a headache for six months) that would substantiate the diagnosis that my primary suspects, I read his doctor’s notes after my… read more
That's seriously unprofessional of that Dr Shame on him he needs to be reported to someone
It's my understanding it is negative or positive with a range. Mine is the same as yours - positive ANA, negative Smith, but that didn't rule out Lupus for me based on other tests and symptoms. I looked it up and found this.
For smiths antibody, is the result either negative or positive? Not a number range? I'm in Australia so it might be different elsewhere. I have negative smiths but positive ana. So textbook theory says no to lupus. I'm confused.. any help would be good on this topic. . Thanks.
Hi there. I have been through utter hell with doctors and can't tell you how often I was sent home from the ER or a doctor visit with them thinking I was "just depressed or anxious". I almost died because of it, no joke. It isn't just you. My best advice is find another doctor unless yours drops the bias real soon. And from what I know that positive test should help. It is a variety of tests and symptoms but that should at least get them to listen. Be stubborn and hang in there!
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