can i have a normal blood work with lupus

My name is Chanel and I a single mom of four ones in college now but three more are still at home can't complaint. Well for the past year my health seem to be going down hill and no one has any answers just alot of test. My first set of systems were infections that I kept getting in my eyes and nose and ears soars i think. Then mild fevers the hair with looks like soars on my hair the same area were my hair is fall out only along the edges, lost weight and sleeping a lot. Then the next set of systems came like I would get a red rash raised circle rash on my leg and arm it would last mybe 10 minute. When I am in the sun which ever arm is under the sun light I would get a itchy rash then I started get muscles weakness in my arms and legs making very hard to walk or reach over my head or drive my car. Now I have kidney stone low vitimin D and potassium and a infection in my urine. I keep getting pain in my lower back and dry mouth and cough my lungs feel fun like there fluid or something in my chest area. I get dizzy when I breath in always feel nausea my periods are different my whole body is doing strange things and its causing a lot of pain for me. I also had the ANA blood work done and its normal. My feet and fingers sweel up only in the morning time when I wake up and go away on its own. Can AnA test be normal? My heart beats feel different sometimes like I'm out of breath and I could just be sitting, red small bumps on arms and legs and a rash in the center of my chest my eyes are dry all the time. Pleases help me point my doctor in the right direction what blood test should I be getting. I think it lupus or something that runs in the same family..

Thankyou joy. I meet with my doctor tomorrow and I will talk about the other blood work. Last night I had a pain for about a minute in the corner of my right eye it felt like pressure very painful and did'nt last long but it felt long. Today I felt discomfort in the center of my chest beening feeling sick like I have the flu when I wake up and then during the day its not so bad but its affecting my voice, and my feet and lower part of my legs feel numb. I just don't know what to make of all these different things that are going on with my body. One thing for sure is what ever is going on its attacking my body. Can't tell any more when and when not to go too the hospital.... Chanel

My blood tests are negative. In the past 12 months I've had two elevated ESRs, now normal. My ANA was weakly positive at 1:80 on 3 occasions, now it's negative. My ENA panel (anti-dsDNA, SSA, SSB, anti-sm etc), CRP never elevated, normal compliment levels and normal complete blood count. My rheumatologist wrote "her blood tests are very negative"... like very pregnant. My liver function test is the only thing that's been elevated.

I was told I just had Fibromyalgia. However I had a bone scan done which showed arthritis. Now they're slightly more interested and saying "probable SLE" and "probably Sjogren's". I have arthritis, nose ulcers, rashes, fatigue, Raynaud's, dry eyes, dry mouth (and a few other things).

It does make it difficult when your blood tests show nothing. Most doctors will just dismiss you. What I've found is that doctors need some sort of proof because they can move on with treating you. I got proof through the bone scan, but I've heard of people with negative blood tests receiving a diagnosis through a skin rash punch biopsy.

If you know something's wrong, then don't give up and keep fighting for it. I've been told by almost every doctor I've seen (4 rheumatologists and about 5 different GPs) that it was either nothing or it was Fibromyalgia. One doctor told me to "stop coming to the doctor" because I "just have Fibromyalgia"... I'm glad I didn't listen.

Good luck.

Hi, my doc tells me that blood work tends to go up and down. When I first got sick I tested pos ANA a few times also I had a low C4 Serum, when you have pos ANA with a low C4 serum it indicates an active autoimmune disease (of course the rhuemy I was seeing at the time managed to miss that). Also I struggle with low vit levels I mean as low as 6!. I think its possible to have normal blood work with lupus as right now my last test showed a neg ANA (mines goes from neg to pos). Right now however I am on medication so not sure what that means as far as labs are concerned.

Hi Joyce, it's been a couple weeks sense I posted. I just wanted to give everyone a update on my test results and how I've been feeling. My ANA was negative again and myTSD was1.48 which is normal and my creatinine was .59 my potassium is 3.4 sometime it gets lower and my vitiam D is low my AST was 18. I still have all my other systems and for a couple weeks I have been having a hard time breathing and my chest hurts so my doctor did a chest X-ray and found slight hyperinflatiron, consistent with reactive airway disease. I'm 36 and never had a problem with my lungs yes I do smoke but maybe 15 cigarette a week. So I had to go and have a pulmonary function test done and the result was early emphysema how is this possible. I had this test done 10 years ago and I was fine. Still have muscle weakness and a rash in the middle of my chest and now along my jaw line and arms, and my eyes have been very dry plus my mouth. Also my hematocrit was 39.1 and my white blood cells 5.5. I wish I had more answers as to whats going on with me. Sometime I get a pain on my upper left side or my lower right side feels like someone punched me a few time in those spots. Sorry for the rambling... :)

Sometimes it takes several visits to a rhuemy and lots of bloodwork to get a diagnosis. Lupus is a great mimic. It's hard to diagnose.
Keep trying and don't give up. Try other rheumys maybe you will find one who sees like my doctor did...Even though my markers weren't high he decided I did have lupus afterall and tried me on plaquenil.