MK
A 41-year-old female asked:
No clinic symptoms. ena results all 0.2. rnp/sm rised from 1.0 to 1.6 in 3yrs. doctors say no big deal. what if it continues to rise as in these 3yrs?
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgeanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
symptoms are key: If you don't have any symptoms but have slightly elevated antibodies to rnp and ENA (ribonucleoprotein and extractable nuclear antigen) there isn't any need for treatment. Diagnosis of mixed connective tissue disease, lupus, and similar conditions does require a thorough history and exam - best done by a rheumatologist.
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Then may be: That will need clinical correlation and appropriate intervention.
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MK
A 41-year-old female asked:
No clinic symptoms.Ena results all 0.2. Rnp/sm rising from1.0 to 1.6 in 3yrs.Doctors say no big deal? What if it continues to rise as in these 3yrs?
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Dr. Kenneth Smithanswered
Internal Medicine 34 years experience
No clinical sx: If no clinical symptoms criteria for disease not met. ANA can be very reliable in diagnosis with symptoms consistent with disease state. But false positive results occur. The question should be why was test run.
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MK
A 41-year-old female asked:
No clinic symptoms.Ena results all 0.2. Rnp/sm rising from1.0 to 1.6 in 3yrs.I'm afraid of progress. Doctors say no big deal, but why raising than?
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Stop worrying: I am going to assume that your rnp/smith are below the ranges that the lab considers significant. All immunoassays turn up some positivity because the of cross-reactivity of other antibodies that you may develop from meeting different micro-organisms or goodness-knows-how. The miniscule rise in activity means nothing, your physicians were right to say thing ; if you had mctd you'd know u r sick.
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