Guest guest Posted October 3, 2000 Report Share Posted October 3, 2000 My sed rate has always been low. I was trying to find my lab work and all I could find was one which indicated a sed rate of 3. The C-reactive protein test results were 0.4 (normal range-0.00-0.80) so mine was well within normal range. Also have a question for everyone. My Red Cell count is always low. Doctors don't seem concerned about this, so neither am I, I just was wondering if anyone else has this too? Maybe a RP trait? A nurse on the autoimmune group said hers was always low too and that her doc said it was indicative of an autoimmune problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A number of you responded too, that even in the worst of times, your sed rate never budged. Trentham did tell me that a low sed rate is sometimes seen in RP. Well, not normal really, exceptionally low: 1. (normal would be up to 40-50 for my age). My PCP had never seen one that low. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.193 / Virus Database: 93 - Release Date: 9/19/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2000 Report Share Posted October 4, 2000 Hi I've been anemic (heavy periods) for as long as I can remember and used to take iron pills, but since the onset of my flare in May/June I stopped taking my iron, thinking at first that it was due to over use of iron. My iron stores were high, but still showed me as being anemic. But I recently saw a hematologist and he said I was referred to him due to my blood results being somewhat abnormal. But when he had another blood test done recently (flare subsided, on pred) all was within normal limits. He continued to explain that usually many aspects of blood results (blood counts, white cell, red cell, sed rate, iron, iron stores etc) will be abnormal with RP, but each individual will be different depends on where and how bad the flare is. He hasn't seen many pt's will RP, but does know that blood test results are always abnormal in one way or another with RP flares. .....clear as mud, right? well, I hope it helps a little... luv Carmela ********************************** > >Reply-To: Rpolychondritisegroups >To: <Rpolychondritisegroups> >Subject: Re: low sed-raters >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:00:36 -0400 > >My sed rate has always been low. I was trying to find my lab work and all I >could find was one which indicated a sed rate of 3. >The C-reactive protein test results were 0.4 (normal range-0.00-0.80) so >mine was well within normal range. >Also have a question for everyone. My Red Cell count is always low. Doctors >don't seem concerned about this, so neither am I, I just was wondering if >anyone else has this too? Maybe a RP trait? A nurse on the autoimmune >group said hers was always low too and that her doc said it was indicative >of an autoimmune problem. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2000 Report Share Posted October 4, 2000 Hi I've been anemic (heavy periods) for as long as I can remember and used to take iron pills, but since the onset of my flare in May/June I stopped taking my iron, thinking at first that it was due to over use of iron. My iron stores were high, but still showed me as being anemic. But I recently saw a hematologist and he said I was referred to him due to my blood results being somewhat abnormal. But when he had another blood test done recently (flare subsided, on pred) all was within normal limits. He continued to explain that usually many aspects of blood results (blood counts, white cell, red cell, sed rate, iron, iron stores etc) will be abnormal with RP, but each individual will be different depends on where and how bad the flare is. He hasn't seen many pt's will RP, but does know that blood test results are always abnormal in one way or another with RP flares. .....clear as mud, right? well, I hope it helps a little... luv Carmela ********************************** > >Reply-To: Rpolychondritisegroups >To: <Rpolychondritisegroups> >Subject: Re: low sed-raters >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:00:36 -0400 > >My sed rate has always been low. I was trying to find my lab work and all I >could find was one which indicated a sed rate of 3. >The C-reactive protein test results were 0.4 (normal range-0.00-0.80) so >mine was well within normal range. >Also have a question for everyone. My Red Cell count is always low. Doctors >don't seem concerned about this, so neither am I, I just was wondering if >anyone else has this too? Maybe a RP trait? A nurse on the autoimmune >group said hers was always low too and that her doc said it was indicative >of an autoimmune problem. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2000 Report Share Posted October 4, 2000 Hi I've been anemic (heavy periods) for as long as I can remember and used to take iron pills, but since the onset of my flare in May/June I stopped taking my iron, thinking at first that it was due to over use of iron. My iron stores were high, but still showed me as being anemic. But I recently saw a hematologist and he said I was referred to him due to my blood results being somewhat abnormal. But when he had another blood test done recently (flare subsided, on pred) all was within normal limits. He continued to explain that usually many aspects of blood results (blood counts, white cell, red cell, sed rate, iron, iron stores etc) will be abnormal with RP, but each individual will be different depends on where and how bad the flare is. He hasn't seen many pt's will RP, but does know that blood test results are always abnormal in one way or another with RP flares. .....clear as mud, right? well, I hope it helps a little... luv Carmela ********************************** > >Reply-To: Rpolychondritisegroups >To: <Rpolychondritisegroups> >Subject: Re: low sed-raters >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:00:36 -0400 > >My sed rate has always been low. I was trying to find my lab work and all I >could find was one which indicated a sed rate of 3. >The C-reactive protein test results were 0.4 (normal range-0.00-0.80) so >mine was well within normal range. >Also have a question for everyone. My Red Cell count is always low. Doctors >don't seem concerned about this, so neither am I, I just was wondering if >anyone else has this too? Maybe a RP trait? A nurse on the autoimmune >group said hers was always low too and that her doc said it was indicative >of an autoimmune problem. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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