How can I rule out an ongoing autoimmune process? I know that there are many autoantibodies which can be tested, but I'm asking myself if an autoimmune process should show up in other tests aswell, e.g. T-cell differentiation?
It seems that the rheumatologists just measure ANA, ANCA, RF, Anti-CCP and if they are ok, then you don't have any autoimmune disease. But how safe are these screening tests?
What would make sense to be tested for? I'm trying to get IVIG covered by my insurance, and I think high autoantibody titers would be a good thing to argue for IVIG.
It seems that the rheumatologists just measure ANA, ANCA, RF, Anti-CCP and if they are ok, then you don't have any autoimmune disease. But how safe are these screening tests?
What would make sense to be tested for? I'm trying to get IVIG covered by my insurance, and I think high autoantibody titers would be a good thing to argue for IVIG.