If the Anti CCP test comes back positive then you most likely have RA, right? Well, if you test Negitive does that mean you most likely DO NOT have RA? My Dr. is letting me get the test and it got me thinking...uh oh, I'm thinking again!!
This could be bad, LOL This is the info I have got on the test - please don't quote me though
- but I researched it as best I could before I asked for the test.
Anti CCP test is a more sensitive test than RF to detect RA.
If the Anti CCP test is postive there is a 96% chance that its because
you have RA where as a weak positive for RF can mean other things.
If the Anti CCP test is negative then there is a 60% you don't have RA
and obviously still a 40% chance that you do. There reason I got
it is because the guys here advised me to and also because I got
litrature from RA society in UK talking about it. The Anti CCP
test is more to confirm RA than rule it out. Hope this helps -
everyone please correct me if I'm wrong. If my test comes back
positive then I'm taking it to my Rheumy and I'm going to ask him what
the hell he was playing at telling me I don't have this coz the odds
totally say I do if its positive.
If it's negative then DX is still up in the air for me - next stop's a
bone scan. I tell you I'll end up sicker from all the radiation
than I will from anything else at this rate.
Staci, you sound as bad as me. I take it this stuff is running over in your head all day too.
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Staci, you sound as bad as me. I take it this stuff is running over in your head all day too.
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