SO tired of being sick!! Blood test results anyone familiar with autoimmune results please help!?
The American College of Rheumatology uses the following for classification purposes (research treatment trials etc). A high titer double stranded DNA Anti-Sm (Smith) Biopsy proven kidney disease Biopsy proven skin disease An ANA titer greater than 1:80 is considered a significant positive. It by itself without symptoms is not enough for diagnosis but is used as a screening test. Others use a sedimentation rate as a screening test for active disease. The pattern can relate to a specific antibody type. Double stranded antibody can show a homogeneous pattern and Anti-Sm can give a speckled pattern. A speckled pattern can also be seen with anti-RNP which can be seen in a mixture of connective tissue disease, another somewhat related condition. The patterns themselves are not necessarily specific. Speckled pattern can be nonspecific as can others. In other words there can be other explanations of such patterns. Some places institute a reflex testing whereas if one where to have a positive A
