can you be diagnosed with a negative ana?

[scoobydoo1]

have mother with r/a and brother with ms, also have prety much all the symptoms except rash and keep getting infections, which make symptoms of joint pain/swelling, lethargy much much worse also had doxycyclin last infection and it sent my body crazy, spasms like mad.

[Purpletop]

I was diagnosed while my ANA was negative but it has previously shown positive and it has been positive ever since. Having a rash is not necessary for the diagnosis if you have many other symptoms, which you seem to have. But the doctors will look at everything in the whole and a positive ANA is a useful indicator for them, although some healthy people could also have positive ANA.

[scoobydoo1 in reply to Purpletop]

thanks purpletop

[kittykat68]

hi ive have 2 positive 2 negative , so they took biopys from my rashes and then clear skin then about 8 viles of blood and a month later feb 2010 i was told i have subacute cutanious lupus with a crossover of systemic symptons deep joy