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ANA cascade results

Posted by saw2019 @saw2019, Mar 5 11:24am

Hello all. I recently went to doctor with complaints of long term pain in my hands and feet with fatigue. I have also had muscle pain, tingling in arms and restless legs. Blood work showed high ANA and ANA2 cascade results came back with comment of “compatible with early connective tissue disease.” I also had a BUN blood work test result that was high. I am now referred to internal medicine as of mid February but do not have an appt until mid April. Has anyone else received test results like these? Very anxious to be seen and get additional information from a doctor but want to hear any other experiences while I wait. Thank you!

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gently | @gently | Mar 6 3:07am

saw2019, ask the doctor for an ENA. It's usually the next step https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/ena-panel-blood-test/about/pac-20549803 Possible connective tissue disease. Then you won't be anxiously waiting til mid April.

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saw2019 | @saw2019 | Mar 6 5:59am
In reply to @gently "saw2019, ask the doctor for an ENA. It's usually the next step https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/ena-panel-blood-test/about/pac-20549803 Possible connective tissue..." + (show)
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saw2019, ask the doctor for an ENA. It's usually the next step https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/ena-panel-blood-test/about/pac-20549803 Possible connective tissue disease. Then you won't be anxiously waiting til mid April.

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Thank you so much for your reply. An ENA was done and results for that came back negative. My apologies for not mentioning that.

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gently | @gently | Mar 6 9:45am

saw2019
did you have a sed rate, cpr RA, TPO testing that were also normal.
Positive ANA can indicate autoimmune disease, or, even better, false postitve. They didn't see antibodies on your ENA, which can that person is in the early stage of disease, or that they don't have autoimmune disease. I've read 15 to 30 percent false positives are generated.
If you were culpable, I'd forgive you.

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saw2019 | @saw2019 | Mar 7 9:50am

I believe my sed rate was normal. I don’t think they did the other tests you mentioned.

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Lara K | @larak | Mar 9 7:20am

Watch out for the doctors dismissing your positive ANA because they don't see a positive CRP, sed rate, or ENAs.

Several autoimmune/autoinflammatory conditions won't have these markers elevated.

Did your ANA test results include any AC codes? AC codes tell you more about the cellular patterns seen in the results, like what conditions those specific patterns are often associated with.

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saw2019 | @saw2019 | Mar 9 7:53am

Thank you! No AC codes I don’t believe. These are great things for me to bring up when I see the internal medicine doctor. Thank you all!

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