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What Are The Early Signs Of Arthritis?
Brief Answer:
Intrepretation of results
Detailed Answer:
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Well, the sort of history you are having looks like you have a start of Arthritis and considering the dramatic response you have had to steroids, it goes more in favor of inflammatory etiology.
Rheumatoid FActor and ANA are basically used to see which sort of arthritis you fit in.
-->If Rheumatoid Factor is positive and ANA negative, it would go in favor of Rheumatoid ARthritis.
-->If Only ANA is positive( or Rheumatoid FActor +ve), we need to look further with ENA Profile to see if it is some connective tissue problem causing the arthritis.
The treatment differs a bit as in Rheumatoid , you need to be on little stronger medications than ANA +ve arthritis. But ANA positive one can affect internal organs which need to be monitored.
ESR is just a marker of inflammation.
Just to add, if you have joint symptoms and there is documented swelling of the joints, even if RA and ANA are negative you still need treatment
Hope the information was useful
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr Naval
Intrepretation of results
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Thank you for writing on health care magic
Well, the sort of history you are having looks like you have a start of Arthritis and considering the dramatic response you have had to steroids, it goes more in favor of inflammatory etiology.
Rheumatoid FActor and ANA are basically used to see which sort of arthritis you fit in.
-->If Rheumatoid Factor is positive and ANA negative, it would go in favor of Rheumatoid ARthritis.
-->If Only ANA is positive( or Rheumatoid FActor +ve), we need to look further with ENA Profile to see if it is some connective tissue problem causing the arthritis.
The treatment differs a bit as in Rheumatoid , you need to be on little stronger medications than ANA +ve arthritis. But ANA positive one can affect internal organs which need to be monitored.
ESR is just a marker of inflammation.
Just to add, if you have joint symptoms and there is documented swelling of the joints, even if RA and ANA are negative you still need treatment
Hope the information was useful
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr Naval
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