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What Causes Elevated C-reactive Protein Levels?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...family member has blood in stool, waiting to see a specialist tomorrow, very worried, just came back that his c reactive protien level is extrememly elevated, what could this be an indicator of
Tue, 27 Oct 2015
Hi & Welcome.
I can understand your concern for your family member.
Incomplete data like age, gender, purpose of doing the lab test C reactive protein, results of other tests and presenting problem.
High levels of C reactive protein with a history of passing blood in the stool is suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis.
Your family member needs to be evaluated further by a gastroenterologist, an endoscopic examination of the colon with biopsy, CBC & ESR may be needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Hope this answers your query.
I can understand your concern for your family member.
Incomplete data like age, gender, purpose of doing the lab test C reactive protein, results of other tests and presenting problem.
High levels of C reactive protein with a history of passing blood in the stool is suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis.
Your family member needs to be evaluated further by a gastroenterologist, an endoscopic examination of the colon with biopsy, CBC & ESR may be needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Hope this answers your query.
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