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An positive ANA (antinuclear antibody) means that you make antibodies that attack the circulating debris of the nucleii of your own cells that have died. A titer of 320 means that your blood had to be diluted320 times before they got a sample that had no antinuclear antibody. Typically the numbers are 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and so on. Lupus presents a speckled pattern, not a nucleolar pattern.

10 million Americans have a positive ANA. Only 1.5 million have lupus. Many people have a positive ANA and no active disease of any kind. Unless you are having some kind of symptoms, don't be overly concerned.

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