I was tested for lupus on 1-12 and got my results yesterday. My Dr told me it came back as a 10% chance of me having it and is referring me to a specialist. I know y'all aren't drs but figured y'all might be.able to help with about how big of a chance, so far, I have of actually having lupus. I had an uncle who died from systemic lupus before I as born and its starting to scare me.
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on Feb. 1, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Testing for Lupus can be really confusing and take a long time for a complete answer. It can take years for a sure answer and often when you get a positive test the next one will be negative. Don't be frightened, there are a lot of treatments/information now that they didn't have 20 years ago and the mortality rate has gone way down.
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I cant believe he gave you a percentage? there is no exact number to say you may have it, he needs to not only do an ANA test but a series of blood work to see if you have certain markers and even that is not a DEFINITE unfortunately there is no deinfite in diagnosing lupus thats the suckiest part! Hang in there and good luck!
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on Feb. 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Thank you guys, she's sending me to a specialist to do more testing, this whole process is just so confusing and time consuming.
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on Feb. 5, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Oh yeah, so confusing and soooo time consuming. Good luck at the specialist!
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