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Most happened all at once, in the month of January. ANA is still positive, but 1:140, homogenous, which is low. I'm new to all this, so all I know is the rheumatologist ordered about eight vials of blood tested, and really the only thing bad was the positive ANA. Had thyroid tested a few times, by different Drs, and they say all good. I never trust they are doing the right testing though. Don't know about the TPO test, will have to look.
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I know i was negative for the biggies, but don't think they tested for Lyme or brucellosis. I just received blood draw results from last week, and my fasting glucose was 104, which I believe is considered pre diabetic. But, that shouldn't be causing all these symptoms, I wouldn't think. What is TPO?
Right, 104 could indicate pre-diabetes but that's not going to cause a lot of obvious problems. I just picked brucellosis out because it can cause odd symptoms but you probably want them to test for Lyme for starters. Maybe a toxicology screen if you've been exposed to chemical or metallic agents, rare.
TPO is for a type of anti-thyroid antibodies present in hypo and hyperthyroidism and can co-occur with other immune diseases, but you say they tested for the big hitters. Unless you're having thyroid symptoms its probably a long shot as well.
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TPO won't tell you everything but it might be a clue if its strongly positive and matrixes with some other things.
If you can get hold of your test results you should review and consolidate them to make sure you don't recover old ground and that due diligence was done for the autoimmune big hitters like Lupus, Sjogren's, MCTD, etc.
Here's a reference of autoimmune diseases which if you page through you'll get to lab tests.
https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/autoimmune/start/1
It might not be autoimmune. Did they test for infections that can leave systemic effects like Lyme and brucellosis?