Question about Positive ANA results?? 1:80 Titre Speckled Pattern?!
Question: Question about Positive ANA results?? 1:80 Titre Speckled Pattern?
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You said you went undiagnosed with thyroid disease from age 18-21, so I assume you "are" being treated for thyroid disease now, and have been for the last 4 years. I will bet that the thyroid med you are on is synthetic t4 (synthroid, levothyroxine, levoxyl, unithroid, etc), and "not" on a natural thyroid med (Naturethroid, Erfa Thyroid, Thyroid-S, etc). And that you have not had adrenals or ferritin properly tested/treated. Why do I say that? Most of your symptoms (muscle/joint pain, face hands feet swelling, headaches, fatigue, high blood pressure, IBS, brain fog, memory problems, etc) are common to those that are taking a t4 drug.
About the ANA, a big proportion of the population without any disease can also have a positive ANA test. From an internet search, I found this also:
"A positive ANA titer can be found in a variety of rheumatologic diseases, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. As for the speckled pattern, in addition to lupus, dermatomysitis, mixed connective tissue disorder, scleroderma or Sjogren's syndrome can all be the cause. Ken Pho, MD"
Thyroid info:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/t4-…
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/nat…
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/thi…
Lab tests and how to interpret them:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/rec…
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/lab…
Just in case:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/how…
I hope this info helps you.
there is no swelling with fibromyalgia, sugar issues, bp issues and it is not beleived to be autoimmune