A member asked:

If i have high pct in blood test (1.700) this is some problem for my health or not that imortant ? all other things are k only pct is high.

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Procalcitonin: Ignore it. I think it's worthless to assay in healthy people. If it's rising and you're obviously sick, it's a marker for sepsis requiring more intense medical therapy. Some folks run high levels of these markers in health, and the reference ranges are set so that maybe 5% of healthy folks fall just above the top anyway.

Answered 2/19/2014

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