Welcome to the forum !
I'm glad you are happy with your rheumatologist and hope you won't have to wait too long to get some answers, be validated and get helpful treatment.
I don't think there are any tests that can show conclusively that you don't have lupus. There are very few that show that you do have lupus and not everybody with lupus is affected these ways - 2 antibodies and skin and liver biopsies. Diagnosis is done by careful and experienced consideration of all the elements, signs, symptoms, health history and lab tests of various sorts.
You might find it useful to make a note or get copies of exactly what tests are being done and the results. It helps understand the disease process, how the disease is affecting you, enables dialogue with your doctors and to check that all the right sort of tests have been done.
Lots of luck - keep in touch
Clare
I'm glad you are happy with your rheumatologist and hope you won't have to wait too long to get some answers, be validated and get helpful treatment.
I don't think there are any tests that can show conclusively that you don't have lupus. There are very few that show that you do have lupus and not everybody with lupus is affected these ways - 2 antibodies and skin and liver biopsies. Diagnosis is done by careful and experienced consideration of all the elements, signs, symptoms, health history and lab tests of various sorts.
You might find it useful to make a note or get copies of exactly what tests are being done and the results. It helps understand the disease process, how the disease is affecting you, enables dialogue with your doctors and to check that all the right sort of tests have been done.
Lots of luck - keep in touch
Clare
