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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a lab test that can help to assess inflammation within the body. An increased ESR can be caused by a variety of disease states.
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A 32-year old asked:
Have a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, what do you think caused it?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have very high Erythrocyte Sedimentation rate.. what does that mean and solutions ?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) of 2! is this normal?
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A 32-year old asked:
What could cause a low erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr)?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is the importance of esr= erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
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A 38-year old asked:
What happens if ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)is 80mm/hr in female what kind of disease she is suffering from.?
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A 25-year old male asked:
In my complete blood test report ERS (erythrocyte sedimentation rate ) shows 19 is that normal?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What isthe erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) is why is it and what happened with this is can't i pregnat cuz of this ? Its on high rate what i do
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A 45-year old asked:
What happens if monocyte and lymphocytes also erythrocyte sedimentation rate are all high?
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A 48-year old asked:
What does 'erythrocyte sedimentation rate' test tell doctor?
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A 17-year old male asked:
My blood test showed i had a very low ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). What could this mean?
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A 45-year old asked:
What to do about rheumatoid factor: 1"60 titer, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate what is the preliminary diagnoses?
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A 40-year old asked:
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate better than WBC for inflammation?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Can an erythrocyte sedimentation rate blood test detect peyronies inflammation or its severity? What can a normal outcome rule out in the body?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hi I am 19 years old i just done my blood test the result is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) is high its on 60 which medican I do need ?
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A 70-year old male asked:
Is it possible for an ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) to rise to 60 and return to normal for no known reason (including no evidence of an infection)?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What do these blood tests indicate? Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and c-reactive protein ESR is 21 and the c-reactive is 0.6
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A 26-year old female asked:
I recently got my blood report.I have c-reactive protein(c.R.P.) positive with 4.8 mg/dl & erythrocyte sedimentation rate 24 and packed cell volume 33?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I had a ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATEor ESR test done and my result was 9. I have psoriasis and am wondering what this result means?
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A 48-year old asked:
What's ESR (erythrocite sedimentation rate)?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can any doc tell me what's esr(erythrocyte sedementation rate)?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Gout symptoms for 4 months- varying degrees of pain and areas affected, toe, ankle, and knee. My latest uric acid levels were at 6.3. My erythrocyte sed rate was 37, and my FANA was positive - speckled 1:40. ?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is the difference between erythrocyte, leukocyte, and a thrombocyte?
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A 49-year old asked:
What does high erythrocyte mean corpuscular mean?
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A 29-year old female asked:
When measuring inflammation, which SED test is better, Westergren or Erythrocyte? Or are they both good/reliable? I also had c-reactive protein, but wondered about these SED tests and differences?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Blood Smear (Erythrocyte) shows normocytic normochromic. Although it does not have the word Aneamia, is it same with normocytic normochromic Aneamia?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My Hemoglobin is 9.0 g %, leucocyte count is 14,500 / cu mm , Erythrocyte count is 4.26 / cu mm , red cell distribution width is 20.2 %. I m worried..
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A 39-year old female asked:
What could be causing this? Cobalamins high, glucose low, my WBC and average RBC are low, but erythrocyte are high.
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A 49-year old asked:
Erythrocyte count b. decreased hemoglobin count c. microcytic rbcs what possible type of anemia am I suffering from?
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