What tests determine you have lupus sle?
ANA. Anti-nuclear antibody test (ANA) to determine if autoantibodies to cell nuclei are present in the blood.
Anti-dna antibody test to determine if there are antibodies to the genetic material in the cell.
Anti-smith antibody test to determine if there are antibodies to sm, which is a ribonucleoprotein found in the cell nucleus.
Special. Lupus patients ususally have a positive antinuclear antiibody and the bad cses a positive ati double stranded dna antibiody. The latter increase risk of kidney damage.
It helps to get examined by a rheumatologist as there are some false positive tests.
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