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Posted 11/17/2010 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
Can anyone tell me what is the blood test abbreviation for  inflammation markers thank you Bev x
Posted 11/17/2010 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
there are a couple... the Sed Rate test abbreviation is ESR. C-Reactive Protein is CRP.

Hope that helps!
Posted 11/17/2010 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you so much x
Posted 11/17/2010 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
How common is it to rarely have an elevated white blood cell count, CRP or sed rate? I had one slightly elevated 6 years ago and never since ... even when I had a bowel obstruction last year. Anyone else like that? What does it mean?
Posted 11/17/2010 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
My sed rate and CRP are typically normal. Still having joint pain and belly symptoms, even asthma, at the time of these blood tests. No test is perfect and no one should use blood tests alone to declare remission IMO.
Posted 11/17/2010 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
Mine are always high, at least since I lost Remicade (they were normal back then). But, some people can have inflammation and it not increase their lab results. Like kazbern said, there are many factors to determine the situation, blood work values are just one piece of the puzzle.
Posted 11/18/2010 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
my CRP is usually elevated. Last it was checked, it was 4.0 MG/DL. On the labwork it says the normal range is 0 - .7 mg/dl. Is that really high/bad?
Posted 11/25/2010 4:39 AM (GMT 0)
All of us respond a little differently and CRP is just one measurement. Some people can have a normal CRP and still have active Crohn's. For the most part, it will reflect inflammation, which is why doctors use it. 4 is not super bad, but again it's all relative. Some scales will show anything under 10 as "normal." My GIs (plural) have said that most healthy people have a CRP of less than 1.0.

All that aside, CRP changes more quickly in response to inflammation than sed rate does. Even if a '4' is not super high, it still likely means you have inflammation.
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