Monday 24 September 2018

The anti-smooth muscle antibody test




An anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA) test detects antibodies that attack smooth muscle. This test requires a blood sample.

Your immune system detects substances called antigens that may be harmful to your body. Viruses and bacteria are covered with antigens. When your immune system recognizes an antigen, it makes a protein called an antibody to attack it.
Every antibody is unique, and each one defends against only one type of antigen. Sometimes your body mistakenly makes autoantibodies, which are antibodies that attack your body’s own healthy cells. If your body starts attacking itself, you may develop an autoimmune disorder.

The smooth muscle (SMA) or actin antibody test is primarily ordered along with antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and liver kidney microsomal type 1 (LKM-1) antibodies to help diagnose autoimmune hepatitis and to differentiate between the two major types of autoimmune hepatitis, type 1 and type 2.

Risks:

In very rare cases, having blood drawn may result in:
  1.        Excessive bleeding
  2.         Lightheadedness or fainting
  3.         A hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood under the skin
  4.         An infection at the needle site


There are two tests can be taken for the diagnosis. They are

     1.Normal Test
     2.Abnormal Test

Outlook:

The ASMA test is a low-risk procedure similar to any routine blood test.

The doctor's office sends the blood sample to a lab. A lab technician will analyse the levels of ASMA in the blood and return results.

The ASMA test can help a doctor to diagnose autoimmune disorders in the liver and other conditions.

If ASMA levels are high, the doctor may request additional testing before making a diagnosis and recommending a course of treatment.






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