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Symptom Checker
Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.
Positive ANA
Okay, good. That question is asked because certain medicines can "induce" a positive ANA and in some situations also cause a disorder similar to lupus (called drug-induced lupus).
Next question: do you have any of the following:
sun sensitivity (including fever, rash, ill feeling after even brief sun exposure)
skin inflammation that is round, with distinct borders on the scalp or extremities
mouth sores (or oral ulcers)
a rash across the bridge of the nose onto both cheeks (called a butterfly rash, or malar rash)?
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