I am interested to know if anyone here has a really high rheumatoid factor # and if so, how high? Mine is very high and I am concerned.
How high is your RA factor? Mine is elevated but not near as high as I've seen on this board.
Phats
My rheumy told me that some people can have really high factors and haveI agree with Lorster. It really has very little bearing on the outcome. There are so many other factors to take into consideration.
Phats
Would you believe 600??? I get around just fine. My feet are a little sore and my hands are also. My fingers have some lumps and my wrist, but I have no problem doing anything but opening some things. I am new here on this forum and I think it is going to be very helpful to me. I have read where high rheumatoid factors can possibly be an indication of other diseases.WOW~ I don't think I've heard of it that high. Maybe someone with more experience will chime in soon.
Phats
My RD says that a high anti-CCP is more indicative of severe disease process. If memory serves the anti-ccp is 95% accurate for RA.
Many people have Rheumatoid factor that do not have RA. So it seems to me that with new, more accurate tests the RF is not going to be that important for too much longer.
What do you think? Have you guys heard the same things?
Hi Mstry, I had an ESR of 468 and I was in agony, I know my CRP was elevated also and anti CCP, Rheumy said I had all the markers to diagnose RA, now I think the RF is in the low 100's and that is on Pred and MTX. My ESR however keeps going up at present 47 and we are waiting for the MTX to work, best of luck, go on how you feel as sometimes my markers are low but the pain quite intense. Love Janie.My rheumatoid factor is 658. And anti CCP is 250+.
I don't have the usual symptoms in my hands and feet. My hands are often swollen, but it is the whole hand, not individual joints. My thumbs are severely damaged by OA. I had a joint replacement surgery on left thumb 4 weeks ago. My right thumb had surgery 2 years ago, where they use a tendon rolled up to replace the damaged joint, but the surgery failed within 6 months, now my r. hand has limited usage. Without use of a thumb you are pretty limited.
I have many other symptoms of RA, however. Fatigue, joint pain in many of the joints in my body. They say I have OA and RA, sometimes it is hard to tell which is causing the pain.
My rheumatologist said that with my rheumatoid factor and CCP so high, there is no doubt that I have RA. Also we can't seem to get the CRP and Sed rate down. I also have Sjogren's.
Good luck and welcome!
Nini
If the rheumatoid factor is positive its positive...for most people it has little bearing on anything other than diagnosis. Its simply not a number to obsess over once treatment has started. Be more concerned with the sed rate and the CRP rate which are the measures of active inflammation
Comparing the number is difficult because there are multiple ways of performing the test which each having a different range
Even elevated CRP and ESR can mean other things than RA. They can be