What other disease is the ana test for?

Does it mean you have an auto immune disease if you have had a positive ana test?

A positive ANA test does not necessarily mean the patient has an autoimmune disease. An ANA test is not specific for autoimmunity, but is a sign of inflammation that is often specific to autoimmunity. Specific antibodies are usually tested for to determine if a patient has an autoimmune disease.

If you are ANA positive and have high globulin level in the blood does that mean you have Lupus?

Not necessarily. ANA is a sensitive test for SLE (97% of people with SLE will have a +ANA test) but it is not specific, since ANA can be present in a number of other diseases as well as in some people with no disease. Therefore a + ANA test should be followed up by anti-dsDNA and anti-Smith which are markers specific to lupus.

Positive ana what is to high?

10 million Americans have a positive ANA. Many of them have no disease at all. The older you are, the more likely you are to have a higher ANA. The ANA test in itself doesn't mean much.

What is ANA Screen test?

ANA stands for antinuclear antibodies. About 10 million Americans have them. Many have no disease. The older you are, the more likely you are to have a positive ANA. The ANA test is a titer. The result is the number of times ones blood must be diluted in order to come up with a sample that has no autoantibodies. The autoantibodies are then tested with immunofluorescence. The resulting pattern helps determine the type of disease.

What is a hematology lab test ANA for?

ANA or Antinuclear Antibody is a test that helps detect autoimmune disorders in the body. This is usually done to diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE.

Is high ANA titer an indication of disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis?

The acronym ANA stands for anti-nuclear antibody. When your doctor suspects you may have an autoimmune disorder, he or she will test for the presence of anti-nuclear antibodies in your blood. To perform the ANA test, serum from your blood specimen is added to microscope slides which have commercially prepared cells on the slide surface. If your serum contains antinuclear antibodies (ANA), they bind to the cells (specifically the nuclei of the cells) on the slide. A second antibody, commercially tagged with a fluorescent dye, is added to the mix of patient's serum and commercially prepared cells on the slide. The second (fluorescent) antibody attaches to the serum antibodies and cells which have bound together. When viewed under an ultraviolet microscope, antinuclear antibodies appear as fluorescent cells. If fluorescent cells are observed, the ANA test is considered positive. If fluorescent cells are not observed, the ANA test is considered negative. The ANA titer is determined by repeating the positive test with serial dilutions until the test yields a negative result. The last dilution which yields a positive result (flourescence) is the titer which gets reported. For example, if a titer performed for a positive ANA test is: 1:10 positive 1:20 positive 1:40 positive 1:80 positive 1:160 positive 1:320 negative The reported titer would be 1:160. Generally, an ANA titre of 1:80 or higher is considered positive. At least 5% of the population has a positive ANA titre with no disease activity. For those with disease activity, the ANA titre does not indicate the absolute amount of disease activity (e.g. one person with an ANA titre of 1:640 may have very little disease activity, while another with a titre of 1:320 may have significant disease activity). The ANA titre must be evaluated in the context of the individual. The ANA test by itself is not specific for any disease. Your clinical presentation, as well as tests for additional antibodies, complements and factors in your blood will also be used to determine what condition, if any, is present, and how to treat it. Source(s): http://arthritis.about.com/od/diagnostic… webmd.com medhelp.org

What are the effects of the ana blood test?

There is no actually effect of the ana blood test. An ana blood test is to check for a type of antibodies that work against your body instead of helping your body.

Does everyone with a positive ANA test have lupus?

No. Approximately 10 million Americans have a positive ANA. There are about 1.5 million Americans with lupus. 95-98% of people with lupus have a positive ANA, the others do not. Most people with lupus have a positive ANA, but some do not. Many people have a positive ANA and have another autoimmune disease or no disease at all. The immunofluorescent pattern of the ANA is more significant than the titer number. Lupus usually presents with a speckled rather than homogeneous pattern. There are no definitive biomarkers for lupus.

How much does an ana test cost?

ANA (ELISA) Rs. 370 ANA (immunnofluoroscence) Rs. 700

Is an ana test 1.80 high?

no

What kind of test is the ANA blood test?

You are certainly right about it not being a familiar blood test. The ANA blood test is a Antinuclear Antibody test. Basically it is a blood test for people with infections, cancer and loung diseases.

What is the medical problem ANA?

There is a test for ANA, meaning anti-nuclear antibodies. This is used to detect immune system disorders. ANA is not, itself, a medical problem. As with any medical test, the results can be in error (false positive or false negative) and should be interpreted in the context of other tests and the clinical presentation.