I tested normal fro the Anti CPP. Has anyone else? Now I am beginning to wonder what is going on with me. Maybe I do not have RA and it is something else. I did test positive for teh rheumatoid factor twice and my ESR rates have been all over the map but mainly VERY high.
sorry.. I would say that testing negative has no impact on having it or not... testing positive says you do.. testing negative says you will need to find another way to diagnose.. But your RF factor is elevated..... That would indicate you have RA.....
ESR is an inflammation marker ( I think = correct me anyone if I'm wrong === I don't pay much attention to these test since I am Sero-Neg)
[QUOTE=babs10]sorry.. I would say that testing negative has no impact on having it or not... testing positive says you do.. testing negative says you will need to find another way to diagnose.. But your RF factor is elevated..... That would indicate you have RA.....
ESR is an inflammation marker ( I think = correct me anyone if I'm wrong === I don't pay much attention to these test since I am Sero-Neg)
[/QUOTE] The rheumatoid factor can be elevated in other rheumatic diseases as well..sjogrens syndrome (primary), lupus, mixed connective tissue disease, and Polymyositis among them. The rheumatoid factor is an indicator test only and should be used ony as one piece of the puzzle for diagnosis purposes. My RD told me that even a percentage of the population with no disease at all will test positive for RF.Linncn, I've heard that as well....my RD said about 1 out of 50 healthy people will have a positive RF factor (most of them over age 60). I'm 34 and so I keep hoping I'm one of these people but only time will tell. My RF 219, ESR & CRP high end of normal, anti ccp negative, pain and finger swelling noticeable, 2 index fingers twisting slowly but surely, big toe joint terribly painful and swollen (thank god for FitFlops!). I would like it to be something else, Rheumy says different. I question him every time I go, 'are you sure I've got it', he says lots of the pieces of the puzzle fit... I find it very frustrating that there isnt a definitive test, I wish there was a definitive test just to ease my mind from my constant what if's.I'm sero negative for RF and anti CCP but my ESR and CRP are elevated. So basically it is just how your present? How do they ever determine for sure or is it always a guessing game? This can NOT be nothing. The pain I feel somedays and that horrible tiredness are overwhelming........the tiredness has been so bad making me feel so foggy sometimes that I have forgot my own phone number (not kidding!!). I have had a CT scan. That was about about 2 years ago and at that point I was not having the joint pain.......just had the tiredness, and brain fog........my dr feared I had a brain tumour.sorry.. I would say that testing negative has no impact on having it or not... testing positive says you do.. testing negative says you will need to find another way to diagnose.. But your RF factor is elevated..... That would indicate you have RA.....
ESR is an inflammation marker ( I think = correct me anyone if I'm wrong === I don't pay much attention to these test since I am Sero-Neg)
[/QUOTE] The rheumatoid factor can be elevated in other rheumatic diseases as well..sjogrens syndrome (primary), lupus, mixed connective tissue disease, and Polymyositis among them. The rheumatoid factor is an indicator test only and should be used ony as one piece of the puzzle for diagnosis purposes. [/QUOTE]