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If you had pelvic inflammatory disease would the erp blood test be elevated and white blood cell count be higher than normal?

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PID: As a general rule both the WBC and the ESR would be elevated with pid.

Answered 5/1/2015

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A member asked:

If you had pelvic inflammatory disease would the erp blood test be elevated and white blood cell count be higher than normal?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Martin Raff answered

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