Negative Ana

[MyMississippi]

Just wondering------- is a negative ANA common in Celiac disease. Seems to me the ANA would be positive if one had Celiac--

[ravenwoodglass]

Just wondering------- is a negative ANA common in Celiac disease. Seems to me the ANA would be positive if one had Celiac--

The ANA is not a celiac test. It is looking for these autoimmune diseases:

Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus or SLE)

Progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sjogren's syndrome

Felty's syndrome

Juvenile arthritis

Negative is good news with this test. Have they done a celiac panel on you?

[MyMississippi]

Yes, I know what ANA is for ( my doctor was looking for Lupus and RA due to my widespread muscle and joint pains that come and go)-----

But I just wondered if positive ANA was common in Celiac disease since it's in the autoimmune disease category also.

I also find it odd that my ANA was negative and I'm allergic (truly allergic, hives, itching ) to soooooo much stuff ! !

Seems I would have positive ANA---- but what do I know ?????? I think all my troubles are from my poor confused immune system that got whacked with anaphylaxis in 1995--- I don't think it ever recovered.

I can't have celiac panel done---- I've been gluten free for 2 years and I am ALLERGIC to wheat..

However, after I go down all these rabbit trails---- and if they come up negative---- I'll see if Celiac can also be ruled out.

[munchkinette]

The ANA is not a celiac test. It is looking for these autoimmune diseases:

Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus or SLE)

Progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sjogren's syndrome

Felty's syndrome

Juvenile arthritis

Negative is good news with this test. Have they done a celiac panel on you?

Oh, I didn't realize scleroderma was in this test. Sweet! I guess that's negative too, which is good. My gran had that, and I seem to get a ton of her health problems... then again, she stopped her gluten-free diet after a while.