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My rheumo has been treating my oa and fibro and tested me every 3 months for rf and it finally came back positive this time. why does that happen?

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See below: I am not sure why they were checking it every 3 months, unless they were checking through different lab and he or she suspected that you had it, but some patients who have seronegative RA do convert to positive status overtime.

Dr Fowler and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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