what is high

[Sophnick]

I have elevated RA levels for years, but am very physically active so I don't think I had symptoms. Just recently my experienced a lot of pain and an old knee injury was very swollen. I asked my doctor to redo the test to check and the RA factor is 421.9. She said it was elevated with my last blood work to which I was not aware of. Does that go down. I am in the process of finding a doctor that treats all types of auto immune disorders since my granddaughter has lupus and my sister has Reynaud's. Any advice? Not sure where to start.

[ann_martin37]

Hi. Why did you have your RF tested if you didn't have symptoms? If you think you have Rheumatoid Disease now, I would ask your doctor to test your anti-CCP level. This test is more specific but you can have positive blood test results without having symptoms.