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Why Anti-Nuclear Antibody test?

CLINICAL INFORMATION:

Anti-Nuclear Antibody test is used as a primary test to help evaluate a person for auto-immune disorders that affect many tissues and organs (misdirected attack on one’s own tissue) throughout the body (systemic) and is most often used to help diagnose systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE). Anti-nuclear antibodies often attack the body’s own tissues and especially targeting each cell’s nucleus. However, conditions such as infections, cancers, and other similar medical problems such as autoimmune hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjȍgren syndrome, scleroderma, autoimmune thyroid disease, and dermatomyositisetc, can also result in a positive ANA test.  Clinical manifestations with signs and symptoms include organ inflammation, joint and muscle pain, fatigue, skin rash (malar rash), stiffness, persistent fever, pain in the feet and hands, etc.

General instructions: 

Sample Requirement: Specimen - Blood sample collected from the vein.Test Preparation: None.

NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presenting complaints/signs or symptoms:

SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.    

This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory  RTDIAGNOSTICS provides precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.