Im not yet diagnosed with any condition but my G.P. has discussed the possibility of me having lupus or some other autoimmune diesease. He phoned me today to say that my ANA had come back positive. What does that mean? The following are my results but I dont understand what it all means.
Anti nuclear factor titre POSITIVE
1/80
Anti mitochondrial NEGATIVE
antibody titre
Anti smooth muscle NEGATIVE
autoantibody
Reticulin antibody titre NEGATIVE
Parital cell NEGATIVE
autoantibodies
Serum ANA pattern Speckled
DNA binding 13.2
-sm/RNP/SSA/SSB POSITIVE
Anti nuclear factor titre POSITIVE
1/80
Anti mitochondrial NEGATIVE
antibody titre
Anti smooth muscle NEGATIVE
autoantibody
Reticulin antibody titre NEGATIVE
Parital cell NEGATIVE
autoantibodies
Serum ANA pattern Speckled
DNA binding 13.2
-sm/RNP/SSA/SSB POSITIVE