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Will esr (sed rate) and cbc show abnormalities with meningitis or other infection causing brain or heart inflammation?

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Not reliable: If you're having symptoms of meningitis or heart disease (palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath), the sed rate is utterly worthless as a way of ruling out disease and even a normal CBC proves nothing. I'm a lab physician and want to reassure you -- the key question is not "What's my ESR?" but "How do I FEEL?"

Dr Altman and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/11/2014

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