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A member asked:

Can birth control cause false positive ana and dsdna using mia testing method? how reliable is this testing method?

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Not necessarily: It is pretty unlikely that could be causing those tests to be positive. It does occur on occasion however but i would look for other issues. It could be false-positive.

Dr Newman and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/1/2013

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Can sun exposure for 15 - 20 minutes cause ANA to be positive ? And what about dsdna test does it show ANA positive too?

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Sle diagnosed based on symptoms & below lab results. Ana 1.48 +ve, anti dsdna 28.5 +ve, ref <20, is there any chance these can be false positive?

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I had a postive dsdna 22iu/ml but negative ana by ifa. Testes were ordered because of tingling and muscle twitches. Could this be false positive? When i did it by crithidia it was negative as well as far assay. But multiplex was postive?

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I'm symptomatic, ANA & anti-dsdna neg. W/ a strong family history of sle. Is it worth doing further testing like anti-sm (neg. For infection and iem)?

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When ANA is positive 1:160, homogeneous and dsdna shows up (3.3) less than 7 being normal, does this exclude sle? How is any amount of dsdna "normal"?

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