Question 1

what leads to high esr in a senior citizen?

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Inflammation: High ESR is an indication of inflammation, with or without infection. The normal ESR value is higher in seniors than in younger people.

Question 2

can a high esr that goes left untreated and keeps climbing cause symptoms?

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Yes: The ESR is a non-specific test, and increased levels indicates inflammation in our bodies, from pregnancy to congestive heart failure.  It is best to look for the cause if the increased level persists.

Question 3

what can cause ensysopathy in a 6 year old with 1:160 speckled and slightly high esr? rheumo not sure what wrong

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What?: Sorry i can't figure out what you might mean by "ensysopathy".  There is no such word.  An elevated ESR indicates a systemic inflammatory condition, possibly an infection, possibly an autoimmune disease.  Ask your doctors, or find out the real word you are trying to ask about any try here again.

Question 4

esr (westergren) 29mm/1st hr.i m female 25.i am perfectly normal no symptoms of any disease.what could be the cause of high esr? shud i b worried?

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ESR: This is a totally non-specific measure of possible inflammation but in the absence of any symptoms my advice is to ignore the result and go on doing what you were before the test was run. Without a clinical indication it has no meaning. Good luck.

Question 5

how can we treated high esr?

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High ESR is not a : Disease but a test result. The treatment needs to be geared to the underlying disease. Your doctor who ordered the ESR test probably suspects some inflammatory disease, and you should discuss the matter with your doctor.

Question 6

what is the complication of high esr?

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None: High ESR does not cause any problems. If there is an underlying disease it may cause problems and the severity of problems may be related to the height of the esr.

Question 7

what does it mean to have a high esr?

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Inflammation if goin: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a very old test that roughly measures the amount of inflammatory proteins in the blood. These proteins can be due to a rheumatic disease, inflammatory disease or infectious disease. Most important is the context in which it occurs and why the test was ordered in the first place.

Question 8

what to do if i have high esr (esr > 100) no other symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Ignore it: Sed rate is helpful when, and only when, the person seems sick and we need one more maybe-helpful clue in deciding if this is really systemic inflammatory illness. It is neither sensitive nor specific, but useful in a few uncommon situations. Plus, the test is hard to do right. Relax.

Question 9

i have an high esr westergens  up to 42 what to  do? any exercise any medicine

Accepted Answer

Need to evaluate: By itself  number does not mean anything. Esr is an inflammatory factor. See you pcp to discuss and have evaluation done.

Question 10

what can cause high esr and elevated ldh?

Accepted Answer

Tissue damage: And inflammation.  High ESR generally indicates inflammation though it can be high in other conditions, e.g. Normal pregnancy. Ldh is present in most tissues and blood levels increase on damage to tissues, including red blood cells.

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