ANA
An "ana" is a blood test used to screen a person for the possibility of several autoimmune diseases. It is important to remember that this is a screening test and a positive result only indicates more testing may be warranted. No blood test is perfect, and getting to a diagnosis is usually much more complex than drawing blood and looking at a number on the results report.
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A 21-year old asked:
What is the ANA test?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is my ANA postive at 1:32?
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What does a 1:620 ANA mean?
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A 27-year old asked:
What's a normal ANA reading?
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A 27-year old male asked:
What does an ANA test look for?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is a 1:80 homogeneous ANA borderline?
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A 29-year old female asked:
What does >or=320 homogenous ANA mean?
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A 33-year old asked:
Tested positive for ana, what do I do now?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: ana?
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A 44-year old asked:
My ANA test was positive, should I be worried?
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A 29-year old asked:
What are the appropriate results of an ANA test?
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A 33-year old asked:
Ana test results 1:320 mean? Speckled homogeneous
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A 42-year old asked:
Can you tell me what makes an ANA test score high?
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A 42-year old asked:
What does homogeneous and atypical speckled ANA mean?
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A 61-year old male asked:
My ANA is postive level is 1.80 should I be concerned?
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A 46-year old asked:
Anyone know what is a low, normal and high ANA numbers?
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A 50-year old female asked:
What does a positive speckled negative pattern ana mean?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What does a very high control in ANA test (124) represent?
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A 54-year old male asked:
My control (Co) in ANA profile test is 98. What does it mean.
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A 49-year old asked:
What exactly does it mean when i tested positive on an ANA test?
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A 33-year old female asked:
What does a highly positive result in the ANA BLOTT test suggest?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Ana 1:640 double stranded end negative. A.Anything to worry about?
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A 21-year old asked:
My ANA test came back 'borderline positive', what does this mean?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What does a speckled ANA pattern 2 mean and what is it testing for?
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A 32-year old female asked:
My ana test came back 1:320 homogenous pattern. What tests should I ask for next ?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Is it possible to have Sjgrens syndrome even if negative Ro/SS-A, La/SS-B and ANA?
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A 43-year old female asked:
What does it mean to have a negative Ana results but positive ena and positive as-a?
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A 65-year old female asked:
<1:80 on antinucular Ab test, what does this mean? My ANA test was positive. Thanks
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A 34-year old female asked:
Two weeks ago had an ANA of 1:2560 homogenous. Now 1:640 speckled. What could this mean??
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A 52-year old female asked:
Ana profile test shows control(co) strong positive.(103).What does it mean.What should I do. ?
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