Suggest Treatment For High ESR Level And Fever

Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Question: My nephew's ESR is 120 and platelets are 765000, he had fever and was there in hospital but came back on Saturday. Although he is perfectly fine, is there anything to worry...

Answered by Dr. Shailja Puri (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
High ESR & high platelets- both abnormal, need to be correlated clinically

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.
An elevated ESR up to 120 is abnormal.
ESR increases in cases of chronic inflammations and malignancies.
The normal platelet count is between 1.5 lakh to 4.5 lakh per cubic millimeter.
Platelet count of 7.65 lakhs is abnormal.
High platelet count occurs in infections, inflammation, iron deficiency anemia, thrombocythemia etc.
These lab findings need to be correlated with clinical features of the patient.
Please post other lab reports (if any) for assessment.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri

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