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Originally Posted by MAT52
Hello Enbloc. I can't access my results so don't know the breakdown yet. But I'm guessing, from the fact that I've been referred for a lip biopsy and MRI of carotid and salivary ducts ASAP - that it's either the Homogeneous or Speckled category. The numbers she told me were 1-320 and she said that this is non specific but with raised IgG and IgA and the high inflammatory markers and SFN - it would be highly advisable that I have the lip biopsy to rule in or out Sjogrens decisively. She said that it is possible to have Sjogrens without much mouth dryness and only mild Sicca. But without a positive lip biopsy result I'd be unable to try anymore immunesuppresant medications (and there are still a few left apparently) unless my RA symptoms return once more. Hope this explains.
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Ps to Enbloc: I managed to get a copy of the rheumatologist's clinical letter and he only says that my ANA is positive 1:320 but the rest of my ENA is negative - no pattern outlined. Meanwhile my IgG is 13.80 (5.50-13.00) and my IgA is 4.37 (0.50-4.00). The PV and CRP are both high and my RBCs are high too - these three have almost always been raised to high though.