Webyour test is positive if it finds antinuclear antibodies in your blood.

Weba positive result on an ana test means that antinuclear antibodies were found in your blood.

Weba positive test for ana may help determine the specific type of autoimmune disease that is affecting a patient.

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But some people have positive ana tests even when they're healthy.

You have a viral infection.

The ana titer is a measure of the amount of ana in the blood;

You have sle (lupus).

You have a different type of autoimmune disease.

The higher the titer, the more autoantibodies are present in the sample.

You may get a positive result if:

A negative test for ana can assist health care providers by decreasing the likelihood that a patient’s symptoms are caused by an autoimmune.

A positive test doesn’t mean that you have an autoimmune condition.

Weban antinuclear antibody (ana) test shows signs of autoimmune disease.

Weba positive ana test (ana +) is virtually a sine qua non for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) since more than 95% of patients have a positive test, and the current classification criteria for sle require a positive ana test at a titer of β‰₯.

A positive result doesn't necessarily.

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Webin most cases, a positive ana test indicates that your immune system has launched a misdirected attack on your own tissue β€” in other words, an autoimmune reaction.

Diseases that may cause a positive ana include scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease, and other conditions.

Weba positive ana reading alone does not indicate an autoimmune disease.

A negative result means it found none.