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08/02/2008 22:14
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 Hello everyone.

I have been diagnosed with FM for almost three years now. Upon a recent appointment with my PCP, a UA revealed that I had some protein spillage in my urine. The doctor said that this could be a lupus symptom, and given my current state of FM that between the protein and my kidney levels, it was very possible I had lupus. Well, the Kidney doctor and my Rheumy both said the same thing. But when my Rheumy does the blood test, its negative for lupus.

Has anyone else had an experience like this? Or is it possible to be positive or Lupus but have the blood tests read negative?

Thanks in advance!

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08/03/2008 07:45
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 My doctor told me that Lupus is very hard to show up in blood test. They look for other things in the test to guide them toward a diagnoses of Lupus. Like your WB counts and RB counts.

My blood test came up negative but the biopsy is positive for Lupus. Plus the arthritis came back positive, they also said they could see that blood counts showed my body was trying to fight off an infection of some sort. So with that they dianosed me with Lupus. I was told that when someone develops the rash than usually within a year or two they will develop the SLE.

I hope this helps.
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08/03/2008 23:11
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 Thank you TCLose, that helps a lot!
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