can this be lupus?

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grivna - 27 Apr 2005 16:25 GMT

well, I'm looking at the copy of the blood test (done at LabCorp)
right now and it says the normal ANA Direct range is 1--100, equivocal
is 100-120, and over 120 is positive. Mine is 26 so I figured it was
negative.
Is the system universal or does it vary from country to county? I'm in
the US.

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J - 28 Apr 2005 17:53 GMT

> well, I'm looking at the copy of the blood test (done at LabCorp)
> right now and it says the normal ANA Direct range is 1--100, equivocal
> is 100-120, and over 120 is positive. Mine is 26 so I figured it was
> negative.

Looks to me that your ANA is negative

> Is the system universal or does it vary from country to county? I'm in
> the US.

Different lab/test.
Maybe KC can make sense of this
http://www.labcorp.com/pdf/LabHorizons_April_2005_Vol_V_No2.pdf
I don't understand it.
Perhaps now you can forget about having Lupus and lab tests.
Get your dental and nervous disorders sorted out?

I see you on another newsgroup saying that you do have joint pains.
Maybe you're got a bad thrush infection. Has someone scraped your tongue
and sent the sample to the lab?
Some of the causes of thrush are mentioned here
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00408.html

Maybe if you tell your doctor exactly what happened last September that
triggered this whole thing, (s)he could make sense of what's going on?
J

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