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My rhuemotologist ordered tons of bloodwork 9 vials. I'm finially yhh being taken off of prednisone for good. It's almost killed me once. Seriously on a ventilator,everything u could think of was wrong. My immune system is shot after prednisone nonstop for almost 6 years. After telling him about almost going blind and 3 months of nonstop infection we looked at each other in silence. I finially said Dr I have a terrible feeling I'm gonna die. He stood up and said that's the reason why I'm… read more

December 29, 2018
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A MyLupusTeam Member

I just looked at mine and the reference range for those 2 tests were 10+ is positive

References ranges can differ depending on the lab but I tend to think a result of 1 or 2 is going to be negative

January 1, 2019
A MyLupusTeam Member

Sorry to disagree but while most people with lupus have +ve anti Ana, most people with +ve anti Ana do not have lupus. It is not lupus specific hence the difficulty in diagnosis.

December 29, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

You need to know if you had ANA.
If you did and you tested positive, you have Lupus. It is the only accurate test. It is 98% in accuracy.
After that dr.will decide how to treat you based on your symptoms. 😏

December 29, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

As I understand it the Ró antibody is posive in several autoimmune diseases including SLE, Sjogrens/SLE overlap syndrome, neonatal SLE, primary biliary cirrhosis etc. The SSA is more sjogrens specific but both are associated with false positives. Not sure this helps.

December 29, 2018
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Google it

December 29, 2018

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