Record 030 · Patient account · n.d.
Britt Clark | My Lupus Story
Lupus Corner · requested inclusion
“First-person account by lupus patient and blogger Britt Clark: after years of unexplained symptoms and gallbladder surgery, a positive ANA led to a rheumatology referral, an initial UCTD diagnosis, and finally a lupus diagnosis when anti-dsDNA turned positive after sun exposure triggered a flare.”
First-person account by lupus patient and blogger Britt Clark: after years of unexplained symptoms and gallbladder surgery, a positive ANA led to a rheumatology referral, an initial UCTD diagnosis, and finally a lupus diagnosis when anti-dsDNA turned positive after sun exposure triggered a flare. Candidate notes: A positive ANA was the pivotal test that prompted her PCP to refer her to a rheumatologist ANA stayed positive while other specific tests were negative, leading first to a UCTD diagnosis; later anti-dsDNA positivity reclassified her as having lupus Notes it takes an average of 6 years for a person to be diagnosed with lupus Limits noted in the record: Single-person anecdote; not generalizable No titer or pattern details of the ANA result are reported A positive ANA is not a diagnosis. Claims in this record are not verified.
A positive ANA is not a diagnosis. Claims in this record are not verified.
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- follow-up-testing
- interpretation
- positive-ana
- systemic lupus erythematosus
Patient account
