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Suggest Remedy For High Fever
SIR MY SON AGED 3 Yrs old he is suffering from high grade fever when the doctor asked me to do the blood test of ESR & CRP & blood cultre after i get the reports the esr value is 60 mm/hr for the 1sr hour & 80 mm/hr for the next hour and the crp value also is very high i.e 4.8 he is getting this problem repeatedly can u pls suggest me what can i do
Mon, 16 Feb 2015
Welcome,
Multiple causes of high E S R & C R P ,
You do not worry about it,
Let us investigate the cause of high fever .
Consult your family doctor for physical examination,
Get blood test for ,
Hemogram,M P ,widal test,culture,
Ultrasound abdomen,
X-ray chest ,
Urine test ,culture ,
And many more as needed,
Treatment depend on cause,
E S R & C R P are non-specific measurement of inflammation., increased by any cause or focus of inflammation. The ESR is increased in pregnancy, inflammation, anemia or rheumatoid arthritis, cancer.
Take care
Multiple causes of high E S R & C R P ,
You do not worry about it,
Let us investigate the cause of high fever .
Consult your family doctor for physical examination,
Get blood test for ,
Hemogram,M P ,widal test,culture,
Ultrasound abdomen,
X-ray chest ,
Urine test ,culture ,
And many more as needed,
Treatment depend on cause,
E S R & C R P are non-specific measurement of inflammation., increased by any cause or focus of inflammation. The ESR is increased in pregnancy, inflammation, anemia or rheumatoid arthritis, cancer.
Take care
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