Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Is it normal for all or most older women to test positive for an autoimmune disease?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Autoimmune: Autoimmunity is an immune response directed against an antigen normally present within your body. Autoimmune disease is a pathologic condition. There are multiple tests for autoimmune diseases. Some screen while others confirm the presence of disease. It is possible to screen positive for a test but not have the disease hence further testing is done to confirm.
Answered 4/14/2019
191 views
No: No, this is not common. Just being older and female does not mean you should be any more likely to have positive autoimmune disease test results.
Answered 4/14/2019
191 views
Related Questions
A member asked:
41 year old female, severe stiffness and joint pain that comes and goes. Ana, ccp, and RH factor all normal. CRP 30 and ESR 77 and anemia. Possibility of an autoimmune disorder?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
What autoimmune diseases are associated with a positive HLA-B57 test?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What to do if I have positive ANA test 1/320 nucleolar pattern and have no symptom. do What to do if I have autoimmune disease?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I'm a 43 yr old female with allergies to meat & dairy. Do I risk developing autoimmune disease or other illness if I don't eliminate these foodd?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
I am a 30 year old male. I have small fiber neuropathy diagnosed by skin biopsy. I had a positive ANA test at 1:160 with a homogenous pattern. Other specific autoimmune testing was negative. Is it possible I have an autoimmune disease?
I have slightly high iga and igg antibodies above the normal ranges. My igm is normal. I had two low positive ana antibody tests. I have symptoms throughout my body. I also have iga nephropathy. Could I have another autoimmune disease?
I am a 21-year-old female who tested positive ANA but don't have an autoimmune disease; does my weight loss, bruising and night sweats mean leukemia?
ANA IFA screen test= results were ANA screen, IFA positive & ANA Titer 1:160 & screening detecting the presence of 150 autoantibodies in various autoimmune diseases, ANA Patterns (ROQ)= normal, would it be Systemic Lupus or drug-induced Lupus?
I am a 52 yr old female. I have a positive ANA with a titer of 1:320 SPECKLED PATTERN. My CRP is 15.30, SED RATE 28, ALT 96, AST 84 and 0.53 Creatinine. I suffer from multiple joint pain. Do I need to ask about having an autoimmune disease?.
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
