2006-09-29 03:03:42 · 4 answers · asked by smurflilly2004 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Yes - particularly if you have the clinical features (particular rash, joint aches and pains, anaemia, pericarditis, kidney problems ... etc.)
The various antibody tests are all testing for antibodies to this and that ... smooth muscle, double stranded DNA, cell nucleus, microsomes, etc...
You can have lupus if many of the antibodies are present, but one (in your case anti-dsDNA antibody) comes out negative.
Anti-dsDNA antibody is highly specific, but only 70% sensitive.
That means that if you HAVE it, there is a very good chance you have lupus.
If you don't have it, you might have something else, but it might still be lupus.
2006-09-29 03:17:12 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The test for antinuclear antibodies is the most sensitive test and I have found it reliable in the face of my clinical opinion to the contrary.
2006-09-29 13:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've had it for 3 yrs. and my test results are similar.
2006-09-29 11:19:43 · answer #3 · answered by beachlovers5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lupus is incurable
2006-09-29 21:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by Brandy U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋