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My ana goes very high but always drops to 1:80 and pattern is always homegenous smooth and mixed speckled. all my other lab work are normal.
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Stop checking: If your ANA has been positive in the absence of any physical symptoms and every test for negative auto-immune disease is negative, stop checking the ANA. It is very non-specific. Additional tests would be necessary to make a diagnosis. The ANA should not be used as the only result to make treatment decisions.
Answered 6/25/2014
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