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Originally Posted by Mutt
Are there blood tests and scans etc that confirm that a person has Rheumatoid Arthritis? Or is it a disease like Fibromyalgia where the diagnosis is predominatly made based on the symptoms the patient describes?
Do you think goodgirl has been misdiagnosed with RA or do you think she has RA and this biotinidase deficiency and while the vitamins are making her feel much better she still has RA?
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If you get bored, or know someone that is in a relationship with someone that has RA, you can read my observations at
http://www.gotbaddog.com/category/rad-caregiver/
The fact is, there are tests that can diagnose RA, but they are relatively new and who knows how accurate they are? The thing is goodgirl (Tanya) had been tested for 9 years and they always came up negative for RA; however, she displayed the symptoms and since her mother and older sister had both been diagnosed (the sister tested positive for RA), her doctor assumed that was her problem too. $500,000 later, we learn that it may have been a vitamin deficiency all along. It makes us wonder, did her mother die needlessly? Was her sister in the hospital for the past two weeks because of complications brought on by this deficiency? Hard to say, but you can be sure, we are not done exploring and educating.