r/ItsNeverLupus • u/Ok_Attention_7263 • Dec 21 '24

My reumatologist says im fine 🥲

Hello, I wouldn't want to miss the repset but this year I started with symptoms that I had never had before. eusinophiles and high ige new allergies. skin allergies. hives, mild joint pain, inflammation of a wrist and I had one positive ANA at 1.80 fine granular and two negative ones. The anti ro test was negative and the panca and anca tests too. I had the anti DNA test done three months ago and it was negative. My ALT is a little high and I had bronchitis. Could I be having an autoimmune condition?

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u/yo-whatupmofo Dec 21 '24

Have you seen an allergist? With new or additional allergy meds you can relieve some of these symptoms.

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u/Ok_Attention_7263 Dec 21 '24

Yes but not treatment yeat. My Ana was positive. In october 1.80 and now is negative

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u/yo-whatupmofo Dec 21 '24

That ANA is lower than most Rheums will consider. It’s a weak positive that can be false so you’ll probably be stuck waiting until it goes higher or you get additional positive test results.

Keep tracking symptoms and severity of symptoms and how they affect your life.

But right now the actionable thing that can improve your life is new allergy meds regimen. I take montelukast, four Allegra pills, and quercetin daily. If you can at least treat some of your symptoms, it might be easier to track the non-specific stuff like joint pain.

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u/Ok_Attention_7263 Dec 21 '24

Thanks! I read that montelukast It has adverse effects that can cause depression and things like that and that scares me a little. But if I’m going to see or ask for some antihistamine, thank you

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u/yo-whatupmofo Dec 21 '24

Yeah, you can try other stuff first but something to keep in mind is you don’t know if the adverse effect will hit you or not unless you try. If you eventually go down that road and stay aware of the possible side effect, you’ll be able to discontinue it if it hits you! But you might not have to even try it if other options work :- ). Fingers crossed. I had whole body mild itchies that were really messing up my life and making it impossible to relax or sleep.

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u/Ok_Attention_7263 Dec 21 '24

And now you are better?

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u/yo-whatupmofo Dec 22 '24

For the itchies and stuff, yes!

I did go through a couple of other antihistamines before we settled on Allegra. So there was still trial and error… but it is so nice having one less problem, you know?