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My daughter has a positive speckled and homogenous ana that continues to rise. she has pain in her joints, occasional headaches and high fevers?

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Dr. Jay Park answered

Need more info: Is there antibody against double strand dna? Are joints actually swollen? Currently available findings/informations are not strong enough to make a diagnosis of any particular connective tissue disease, more specifically, lupus.

Dr Raff and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 12/2/2012

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