ana positive

I have been experiencing soft tissue and joint pain for a few months. My doctor confirmed I was ANA positive. I tested negative for RA and I experience no other symptoms. Is this reversible? I've been taking plant steriols and have noticed some encouraging relief of my pain - can the sterols reverse the positive test?

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TrudieC

Aug 29, 2010

I'm not sure if they can or not. What titers were in your ANA test? Keep getting tested as sometimes RA and Lupus can take a while to show up. I'm being treated with Plaquenil and it has kept my ANA negative.

corinneoh

Sep 05, 2010

To: TrudieC

I don't know what my titers were....I'm seeing my doctor in mid Oct. I'll check at that time.
Thanks for your comments.

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