If your doctor thinks you might have lupus, they may ask you to take blood tests to check for antibodies in your blood. The most common antibody test is called the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test.
On June 13, 2022, the biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that its two new diagnostic blood tests – one for lupus and one for systemic sclerosis – were approved by the U.S.