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Originally Posted by jj6426
Thank you. Can you tell me what they took 15 vials of? You had said RA won't show up on a blood test. How did this rheumatoligist discover you had it? I believe that's what I have too.
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The dr. was wanting to rule out a whole bunch of things...such as Lyme, Rocky Mt. Fever (that's all I remember). RA "IS" found via blood tests and that's how my diagnosis came to be!!!! They can see your inflammation markers via this. Mine apparently were high. BUT as the dr. said in this thread, you can also be seronegative--where the markers won't show up high but you'll still have the symptons. Only a rheumatologist would be able to answer your questions and NOT a social media site. One other thing the rheumatologist did at my 1st visit was to have x-rays taken of my hands. They can see indications (apparently) from those as well. PLUS it's a baseline for progression later.