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From: janers on 10 Sep 2008 09:49 Hi gang, knock your head together. An opthamologist is checking into my GD eye problems. NOW he seems to think she may have lupus due to her changes in visual acuity so fast. Did a CT scan and it was normal. NOW he wants the family doc to do the test for lupus. I of course stepped in and gave him a thorough list of them. Which I am sure my Daughter will hand to him LOL But the specialist wants to run a AHA or something like that. I know first I thought ANA but she said again AHA. Is that anti histone antibody? Anyone got ideas. I also thought antibody for anemia. GD is tired a lot, just no energy, hurts all over, complains of joint pain but no rashes or zip. She will also get thyroid checked. anyone on this AHA business thanks much just me janers -- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it�s about learning how to dance in the rain. Unknown
From: William R. Thompson on 10 Sep 2008 11:17 janers wrote: > Hi gang, knock your head together. > An opthamologist is checking into my GD eye problems. NOW he seems to > think she may have lupus due > to her changes in visual acuity so fast. Did a CT scan and it was normal. > NOW he wants the family > doc to do the test for lupus. I of course stepped in and gave him a > thorough list of them. Which I > am sure my Daughter will hand to him LOL > But the specialist wants to run a AHA or something like that. I know first > I thought ANA but she > said again AHA. Is that anti histone antibody? That's all I could find on a google search. > Anyone got ideas. I also thought antibody for anemia. > GD is tired a lot, just no energy, hurts all over, complains of joint pain > but no rashes or zip. She > will also get thyroid checked. > anyone on this AHA business Is she taking procainamide? I found one reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3874029 which says that procainamide can cause drug-induced lupus in some patients. I haven't found any references to AHA and visual problems. --Bill Thompson
From: William R. Thompson on 10 Sep 2008 11:45 After hitting the "Send" button too soon, I wrote: > janers wrote: >> Anyone got ideas. I also thought antibody for anemia. >> GD is tired a lot, just no energy, hurts all over, complains of joint >> pain but no rashes or zip. She will also get thyroid checked. >> anyone on this AHA business > Is she taking procainamide? I found one reference: > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3874029 > which says that procainamide can cause drug-induced lupus > in some patients. I haven't found any references to AHA > and visual problems. Plus, there are references to anti-histone antibodies appearing in LE and DILE, but the AHA test itself doesn't seem useful by itself as a test for lupus. This two-decade-old reference was all that turned up. Her doctor may think she's having trouble with a medication. Here's the ARUP test guide: http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0050860.jsp --Bill Thompson
From: janers on 10 Sep 2008 17:39 No she is on NO medications at all. Once in awhile tylenol or generic motrin but she don't take that much if any. thanks janers
From: ironjustice on 15 Sep 2008 10:34 On Sep 10, 6:49 am, "janers" <rojak...(a)bright.net> wrote: opthamologist << Vision and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia http://lupusmichigan.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://tinyurl.com/634q5a Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/4rq595 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk
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