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Will having bad acne skew a sed test results? sed is to test for inflammation and if you have acne doesn't that mean you have inflammation?
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Maybe: prolonged (positive) ESR or erythrocyte sedimentation rate can be found with serious inflammatory disorders among others. If your acne is severe and infected, it may give you a prolonged ESR
Answered 12/11/2014
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