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May have undiagnosed autoimmune disease
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I am confused. I was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago, but the results from the ANA blood test was negative. Can someone explain how a person could test negative for autoimmune disease but be diagnosed with MS
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ANA is only a picture of what your body was doing for a short time. My mom had a horrible case of lupus with all kinds of things attached to it, yet sometimes her ANA was negative which seems impossible. IF it’s positive it gives them more information than if it’s negative.
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With my current multiple symptoms, I took
A NA and it was positive. I was diagnosed with Lupus. After many additional blood tests , the ANA was negative but the other tests showed I didn’t have Lupus. The bottom line, ANA alone whether positive or negative is not enough to make a diagnosis. It only indicates what might exist not what actually does. I assume you had other tests.