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Connective And Inflammatry Disease,blood Test,ANA Test Negative. Is This Lupus?
I had a 13.9 mpv as of my last blood test, and have had a reading as high as 13.4 for many years. I also have some type of connective tissue disease that they used to say was Lupus (25 years ago), and now the doctors have no clue what I have because the ANA test is always negative and therefore not Lupus.
I'm wondering does the high mpv number reflect the truth that I do have some sort of inflammatory disease going on and could it still be Lupus?
I'm wondering does the high mpv number reflect the truth that I do have some sort of inflammatory disease going on and could it still be Lupus?
Mon, 7 Oct 2013
Dear sir,
In my opinion you should get an ENA profile , anti dsDNA antibodies for looking out for lupus .
Dr. Shruti
In my opinion you should get an ENA profile , anti dsDNA antibodies for looking out for lupus .
Dr. Shruti
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