Question 1

i have a high sed rate of 174?

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You question is???: You have not asked a question. The test measures the presence of inflammation. You give no specific history and I have no knowledge of other tests ordered and their results so I cannot offer you any specifics. Discuss the result with the doctor who ordered the test.

Question 2

what is considered a high sed rate?

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See details: A sed rate greater than 20 mm/hour is considered elevated. The higher the sed rate, the greater its significance. Minimally elevated values usually mean nothing.

Question 3

what is a high sed rate indicating?

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Inflammation: The sed rate is a slow reacting blood test that can help determine inflammation in the body. The test results can't tell you what is inflamed, just that something is inflammed. Your doctor needs to determine the cause of the inflammation.

Question 4

what conditions can an abnormally high sed-rate indicate?

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Lots: A high sed rate can indicate infection--say on a heart valve, pneumonia, etc. It can indicate inflammation in countless (almost) types of rheumatism--rheumatiod arthritis, lupus, etc. Certain cancers can cause high sed rates. It is a very non-specific test. It tells you something is probably going on, but not what is going on.

Question 5

why is my sed rate normal but my crp is high?

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There's no knowing: CRP is a single protein; often we do not figure out why it is elevated, and this is never more than a single piece of information in a complex clinical context. Even as an alleged coronary risk factor, it's not something to act on by itself. The sed rate is difficult to do right, and is only ordered on the off-chance it may be useful in spotting uncommon generalized inflammatory illness. Relax.

Question 6

i am vit d deficient, high sed rate, positive ebv what could this be?

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Many possibilities: There are many possibilities, including that these there phenomena have no relation to each other.  Vitamin d deficiency is relatively easy to treat, as long as its cause is determined.   The sed rate needs investigation for infection, etc.

Question 7

is a sed rate of 45 considered high? i have widespread aches and pains!

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Not diagnostic: The sed rate is a weak adjunct to a rheumatologist's history and physical exam. At your age, i wouldn't get excited about this, and would also urge you to keep in mind that it's a hard test for the lab to do correctly. The fact that it's not extremely high is one of many pieces of information that will be used in making a call for or against an inflammatory arthritis.

Question 8

what does it mean to have a high hematology sed rate? urgent

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Not specific: High erythrosedimentation rate or high ESR. It is used as a tool very often to find out levels of inflammation but is not specific or diagnostic of one disease. If it is normal then most likely there is no active inflammation ( that can be due to rheumatologic disorders), malignancy or infecions. But if high, then it matter most in which context was done because may signified any of those 3.

Question 9

what is a sedimentary rate? my daughter's labs resulted with having a high "sed" rate.  what might this imply?

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Sed rate: Sed rate is a general blood test that can helpdetermine if one has an infectious process or a possible auto immune disease.

Question 10

hi, can tmj inflamation cause high (25)sed rate by modified westergren , thank you?

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: Any inflammation in the body can raise the sed rate, but imple TMJ dysfunction without concomitant inflammation shouldn't but many clinicians do consider it to be an inflammatory process nevertheless with types of arthritis often felt to be present. In our lab your sed rate of 25 is considered within normal limits ( maybe your lab has different ranges for your age&amp; sex)

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