High Ana - Completely Ignored Posted: 11-24-07 00:15am
Im a healthy 34 year old white male.
Developed a hard patch on my left index
finger a few months ago similar to callus
(callus was rulled out, i am right handed,
when history was reviewed). Next my finger
and hand developed a few lighter flat
patches with irregular boarders....
Off to Derm.
Derm decided the hypopigmented areas were
vitilligo - removed and biopsied a halo
nevus and ran a ANA. (they didnt know what
to make of the hard patch itself - but
that area, tho not visably hyoppigmented,
lit up under the black light along with
the others). Biopsy was normal, ANA came
back high (1:320)...
Off to Rheumatology.
First saw a fellowship student here who
reviewed my hx then told me we were going
to run a bunch of lab test. She left me to
talk to the attending. When they came back
they told me that since my main symptom
was back pain they were not going to run
the blood work but would do a back xray
instead. The Attending stated that she
didnt know why derm would order an ANA and
that she didnt know why it was high.
I searched my old medical records and
found that i had NORMAL ANA 4 years
ago....
I have daily lower back pain (worse in the
am) and a lot of general achyness in my
joints that people my age dont seem to
have. My tendons tend to get infamed
easily if i dont spend alot of time
stretching them before exersice ( i had to
give up bike riding as i would get pretty
nasty tendonitis in both my formarms &
runnin is awfull on my knees and
exacerbates my back pain). As a side note
i was diagnosed with both tension head
aches and migranes a few years ago. Other
then that im in perfect health and take no
meds.
It seems to me that Dermatology ran an ANA
for a reason - and that since vitilligo is
an autoimmue disorder i would imagine that
increases the likelyhood that the elevated
ANA is not a normal finding for me. That
coupled with a previous ANA that was
normal years before.
Im frusterated. Does a diagnosis jump off
the screen? Should i insist they run more
blood work in seach of a cause or should i
just keep an eye out for development of
new symptoms as they suggested?
Thanks so much !
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MandMs
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Posted: 12-18-07 06:27am
Were the flat patches hard and located on
finger joints?
Do the patches look white or just slightly
lighter than skin color?
Have you x-rayed your back spine?
Since when you have back pain and joint
pains?
Are you experiencing lower back pain
centered over the sacrum that radiates to
the groin and buttocks and down the legs?