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What Kind Of Inflammation Could Cause High Sedimentation Rate?
What kind of inflammation could cause: - high sedimentation rate (33); - normal leucogram; - normal hemogram; - swollen lymph nodes, not palpable, in: axilla (height +-3mm), supra-clavicular (height +- 2mm) and neck (height +-1mm), for several weeks. Thank you very much
Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Hi,
High ESR can be the result of a number of condition like
1 Anaemia.
2 chronic disease like Tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, Arthritis
3 multiple myeloma
4 Increases production of fibrinogen by liver
5 during pregnancy
6 Chronic inflammatory process.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Peeyush Kumar Saini, Pathologist and Microbiologist
High ESR can be the result of a number of condition like
1 Anaemia.
2 chronic disease like Tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, Arthritis
3 multiple myeloma
4 Increases production of fibrinogen by liver
5 during pregnancy
6 Chronic inflammatory process.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Peeyush Kumar Saini, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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