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I have an ANA of positive speckled at 1:80 .
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 28 12:51am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Have u been diagnosed with lupus? If u research older women with lupus…you will find the symptoms are not as severe, and…usually no malar rash. Just other rashes.
I do understand lupus is difficult to diagnosis sometimes because of crossover symptoms of other autoimmune diseases. However, I believe many rheumatologist look at that national criteria and if you don’t meet it, then they diagnose you as negative they don’t think for themselves or bother to research the symptoms that might not be as common with lupus. They simply take a list by the national criteria and check you off and dismiss you if you don’t come close . That’s not a good clinician that’s not thinking outside the box and that’s not trying to help folks that don’t have a blatant diagnosis of lupus
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No the Rheumy just said I Didn’t have lupus.
Since Im still recovering from hip replacement I really need a break from doctors. Although it takes so long to get an appointment now would be the time to start. Thank-you! I do have random rashes.
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I haven’t researched Older woman with lupus, but I certainly will. The closest I’ve come to hearing about myself is From a nurse practitioner from a pain clinic. My rheumatologist referred me there and she (pain Nurse practitioner) said that the rheumatologist said she thought I had drug induced lupus. I asked my general practitioner about it and she said no, There’s nothing like that on my record from the Rheumatologist…..? I totally agree with you About the clinicians Not thinking for themselves.… Not willing to really listen to you. They just have a list and they check boxes off. Very sad.