when were you diagnosed of LUPUS??

[swirl]

hello ,

today , during my medical apointment, I was told ANA + for my first time since I was diagnosed APS (almost 2 years). I have common sympthoms with LUPUS, and I dont know if my next blood test in 3 months could be positive again.

When did your doctors diagnosed LUPUS? which criterium??

[MaryF Administrator]

Hi there, had Hughes a long time, lots of teenage signs, and then in pregnancy, however looking back on it I have had Lupus since teenage years, like others in my family, however only just passed a test, showed up a few months ago, aged 47. Best wishes. Mary F x

[jean48]

I have high off the charts ANA. It has been 16 years and I have not been diagnosed with Lupus yet. I have symptoms of Lupus too but probably will never get a diagnoses of Lupus. And that is just fine with me.

Jean

[justlymostly]

Hi I was diagnosed with Lupus 11 years after being diagnosed with Hughes but had many problems from my teens onward which were related to one or the other..

[swirl]

thanks for your answers.

As I see, It is not a disease that doctors diagnose readily...