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What Are The Precautions To Take To Lower ESR ?
Recently had a fever of ~ 100 degrees with thyroid pain... doctor asked to take malaria test but result for the same came negative i.e., no malaria parasite found but in the test ESR count shown was 70 which the doctor told is very high. How did i get such a high ESR count? What could be consequences? What are the precautions to lower ESR?
Mon, 25 Apr 2011
Hi Rishi,
Welcome to HealthcareMagic Forum,
ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) is a non-specific indicator of infection in the body. It raises in various conditions but not all conditions are dangerous or to be bothered about. The conditions where ESR is raised are
Anemia
Pregnancy
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatoid arthritis
Syphilis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic infections
Thyroiditis, etc.
So once the infection subsides even the ESR will also reduce.
Regards
Dr. Naveen Kumar
Thyroid disease
Tuberculosis
Welcome to HealthcareMagic Forum,
ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) is a non-specific indicator of infection in the body. It raises in various conditions but not all conditions are dangerous or to be bothered about. The conditions where ESR is raised are
Anemia
Pregnancy
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatoid arthritis
Syphilis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic infections
Thyroiditis, etc.
So once the infection subsides even the ESR will also reduce.
Regards
Dr. Naveen Kumar
Thyroid disease
Tuberculosis
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