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New to Autoimmune Diseases, concerned blurry vision
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Following up on ANA. You asked what rheumatologist found and in previous post I responded that sed rate and CRP were positive/high and that I had to check the ANA. So ANA was negative. Rheumatoid factor was slightly above normal.
Also, I forgot to put in my original post that I was diagnosed and treated for Lyme Disease about 29 years ago. Rheumatologist did do current Lyme IGG/IGM AB result 0.15 (normal less than 0.90).
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@ln888 isn't the positive RF significant? Along with high sed rate and CRP? Mayo has this to say about possible diagnoses:
A positive rheumatoid factor test result shows that you have a high level of rheumatoid factor in your blood. A higher level of rheumatoid factor in your blood is closely linked with autoimmune diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis. But a number of other diseases and conditions can raise rheumatoid factor levels, including:
Cancer.
Chronic infections, such as viral hepatitis B and C.
Inflammatory lung diseases, such as sarcoidosis.
Mixed connective tissue disease.
Sjogren syndrome.
Systemic lupus erythematosus.