Sle, Mctd , scleroderma sjogrens or crest syndrome.
My Ana titer test came back adnormal. And the above or possible things i may have. How i found out is i recently lost a baby. Or anyone of these going to effect me ever becoming pregant agin?
Thank you advance ANAs are found in patients who have various autoimmune diseases, but not only autoimmune diseases. ANAs can be found also in patients with infections, cancer, lung diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, hormonal diseases, blood diseases, skin diseases, and in elderly people or people with a family history of rheumatic disease. ANAs are actually found in about 5% of the normal population.
The ANA results are just one factor in diagnosing, and must be considered together with the patient's clinical symptoms and other diagnostic tests. Medical history also plays a role because some prescription drugs can cause "drug-induced ANAs".
What is the incidence of ANA in various diseases or conditions?
Statistically speaking the incidence of positive ANA (in percent) per conditon is:
# Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus or SLE) - over 95%
# Progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) - 60-90%
# Rheumatoid Arthritis - 25-30%
# Sjogren's syndrome - 40-70%
# Felty's syndrome - 100%
# Juvenile arthritis - 15-30%
Subsets of the ANA (antinuclear antibody) test are sometimes used to determine the specific autoimmune disease. For this purpose, a doctor may order anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm, Sjogren's sydrome antigens(SSA, SSB), Scl-70 antibodies, anti-centromere, anti-histone, and anti-RN. it might mean you nee dto learn a diffrent language than english |
