Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 , many things can influence the rheumatoid factor titer; for example, different methods used by different labs, the handling of the specimen, disease activity, medications, and infections. Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] RF test results > What would cause the rheumatoid factor blood test to rise. My first one > was 108, then six months later it was 180? > Thank you, > S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Hi : I would think that it would mean that your disease was more active on the day of that lab work. I believe that the RF factor would fluctuate with inflammation in your body. When your RA is in better control, I think the RF factor should come down. Kathe in CA --- Sherman <memaw336@...> wrote: > What would cause the rheumatoid factor blood test to > rise. My first one was 108, then six months later it > was 180? > Thank you, > S. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you ? > Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new > Beta. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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