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I got a copy of my latest lab results today from the Hospital. Its interesting because I have never seen them presented in this way.
The Anti dsDNA antibodies are back down again and are in the weak positive range but the interesting thing was a new 'Result Interpretation' comment typed underneath the results on the sheet. It reads:
'Weakly positive anti-dsDNA is not specific for SLE and may be seen in other connective tissue diseases, autoimmune hepatitis and occasionally other inflammatory conditions'
I've never seen this type of comment before on my lab results and I get my anti ds DNA measured at every visit.
I also had an Anti Extractable Nuclear Antigen panel done and it had another comment under the Anti-Ro antibodies. My Anti-Ro antibodies are listed as 'HighHigh' and the comment underneath reads:
'Anti-Ro antibodies are usually associated with Sjorgren's syndrome or Lupus but may also be found in other connective tissue disease. In women of childbearing age, the presence of anti-Ro may be associated with congenital heart block.'
My Anti LA(SS-B) antibodies result reads Equivocal and underneath it reads
'Equivocal by ELISA and weak positive by Immunoblot'
Other antibodies (RNP, SM, Anti Scl 70, JO-1 Antibody) all negative and no comment underneath.
I just thought it was very interesting to see blood results like this. It almost looks like a 'lesson in Rheumatology':hehe:. They were clearly instructive comments to whoever would be interpreting the results, i.e. the Rheumatologist. I wonder has there been some shift in collective thinking in Rheumatology here in Ireland? I must investigate this more:hehe:
I just wondered if anyone else had noticed anything different about the way their blood results were presented?
Cheers
Joan:rose:
I got a copy of my latest lab results today from the Hospital. Its interesting because I have never seen them presented in this way.
The Anti dsDNA antibodies are back down again and are in the weak positive range but the interesting thing was a new 'Result Interpretation' comment typed underneath the results on the sheet. It reads:
'Weakly positive anti-dsDNA is not specific for SLE and may be seen in other connective tissue diseases, autoimmune hepatitis and occasionally other inflammatory conditions'
I've never seen this type of comment before on my lab results and I get my anti ds DNA measured at every visit.
I also had an Anti Extractable Nuclear Antigen panel done and it had another comment under the Anti-Ro antibodies. My Anti-Ro antibodies are listed as 'HighHigh' and the comment underneath reads:
'Anti-Ro antibodies are usually associated with Sjorgren's syndrome or Lupus but may also be found in other connective tissue disease. In women of childbearing age, the presence of anti-Ro may be associated with congenital heart block.'
My Anti LA(SS-B) antibodies result reads Equivocal and underneath it reads
'Equivocal by ELISA and weak positive by Immunoblot'
Other antibodies (RNP, SM, Anti Scl 70, JO-1 Antibody) all negative and no comment underneath.
I just thought it was very interesting to see blood results like this. It almost looks like a 'lesson in Rheumatology':hehe:. They were clearly instructive comments to whoever would be interpreting the results, i.e. the Rheumatologist. I wonder has there been some shift in collective thinking in Rheumatology here in Ireland? I must investigate this more:hehe:
I just wondered if anyone else had noticed anything different about the way their blood results were presented?
Cheers
Joan:rose: