Other measures may have to be taken to control your disease while you attempt to have a child and you would certainly need to discuss this further with your rheumatologist. I recently was found to have a positive antinuclear antibody on my blood test. I was told that I had lupus based on this blood test, but I feel well otherwise. Systemic lupus erythematosus requires an additional history of symptoms in conjunction with a positive antinuclear antibody. Thus having a positive ANA blood test alone is not sufficient to make a diagnosis of lupus.
Some normal individuals have a positive test.
Certain medications may trigger a positive result as well. Also a positive ANA may be seen in association with autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland as well as certain types of liver disease. There are other additional expressions of SLE as well. There are two major agents that have been used in severe ankylosing spondylitis. One is sulfasalazine and the other is methotrexate.