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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
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
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.
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. 😏
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.
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