Sign-in to Ask A Doctor - 24x7
OR
Sign in with Google
Do Cancer Patients Have High ESR Levels?
Question: does all cancer Patients have high esr... if yes tgen how high??
Brief Answer:
NO, not every cancer gives high ESR.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
No, not all cancer patents have high ESR. Please note that ESR is a method which measures how fast erythrocytes make a sediment in a laboratory probe. You do not measure any substance with this test.
Erythrocytes can sediment slower when there is too much proteins in a blood. This proteins can appear due to many reasons including inflammation, rheumatoid disease and some cancers.
But cancer needs to be advanced to give high ESR. Regional cancer wont give it higher. Also not every type of cancer will give high ESR.
Lymphoma and leukemia very often give high ESR. It is usually around 100 or even higher.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards
NO, not every cancer gives high ESR.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
No, not all cancer patents have high ESR. Please note that ESR is a method which measures how fast erythrocytes make a sediment in a laboratory probe. You do not measure any substance with this test.
Erythrocytes can sediment slower when there is too much proteins in a blood. This proteins can appear due to many reasons including inflammation, rheumatoid disease and some cancers.
But cancer needs to be advanced to give high ESR. Regional cancer wont give it higher. Also not every type of cancer will give high ESR.
Lymphoma and leukemia very often give high ESR. It is usually around 100 or even higher.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Get personalised answers from verified doctor in minutes across 80+ specialties
