Re: Re: Specific Question & SLE BLOOD WORK

[Guest guest]

Could this be a reason why I have a positive ANA?

ANA is AntiNuclear Antibodies and is usually high in auto-immune diseases. It does not necessarily mean you have Lupus.

There are multiple forms of Lupus-- and Lupus Erythmaeos is a rash that we get that is raised bumps --for me it's on my nose (I look like I have that wonderful alcoholic red tip nose with a blister from being sunburned) and under my breasts along the lymphatic system and hilar lymph nodes-(which we know are full of sarc).

One of the reasons they do these tests is to rule them out-- so that they are left with sarc as the diagnosis. Remember-- we are a disease that is diagnosed by exclusion--when they run out of all the common stuff- we're finally dx with NS.

Hugs,

Tracie

NS Co-owner/moderator