Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Hi Sheshe, They're checked for me lupus (three times over the last three years), and he did hand x-rays and blood work for RA, and two doctors tested for Lyme disease. So far, nothing's shown up. I do have endometriosis, which I think is autoimmune as far as I know....wonder if that can cause the high sed rate? He didn't specifically mention the C-reactive protein, except to say that all the blood work (and they did a ton) was normal *except* for the sed rate, which was high. It's hovered around 50 for the past few years, but has gone up to 75 now. I'm wondering how bad or simple of an infection can cause that? Can it be caused by a toenail fungus, or yeast infection, or something simple like that? Bobbi C. ---------------- >From what I understand it is not uncommon for people to have fibro >and an autoimmune disease as well. Depending on you symptoms you may >want to do some investigation into conditions like rheumatoid >arthritis and lupus. There are so many of them I couldn't list them >all. So has your doctor said about you sed rate and C-reactive >protein? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Hi bobbi.. The one thing that I know of that can influence a sed rate reading was the fact that a woman might be menstruating…in doing research my husband and I came across a site talking about high sed rates….we were specifically looking for it….they gave the listing of men’s sed rate and women’s and if the woman was menstruating…however we did not bookmark the site… But in typing in sed rate results… http://health.ucsd.edu/labref/P4.html shows you the readings in regards to age ranges.. and this might direct you…it sure is curious…but I am glad that most of the other tests are negative…. Take care What abnormal results mean http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003638.htm#top#top> Return to top Elevated values occur with: * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000457.htm> kidney disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000887.htm> pregnancy * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003940.htm> rheumatic fever * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000431.htm> rheumatoid arthritis * severe http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000560.htm> anemia * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001327.htm> syphilis * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000435.htm> systemic lupus erythematosus * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001159.htm> thyroid disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000077.htm> tuberculosis Re: Now high sed rate Hi Sheshe, They're checked for me lupus (three times over the last three years), and he did hand x-rays and blood work for RA, and two doctors tested for Lyme disease. So far, nothing's shown up. I do have endometriosis, which I think is autoimmune as far as I know....wonder if that can cause the high sed rate? He didn't specifically mention the C-reactive protein, except to say that all the blood work (and they did a ton) was normal *except* for the sed rate, which was high. It's hovered around 50 for the past few years, but has gone up to 75 now. I'm wondering how bad or simple of an infection can cause that? Can it be caused by a toenail fungus, or yeast infection, or something simple like that? Bobbi C. ---------------- >From what I understand it is not uncommon for people to have fibro >and an autoimmune disease as well. Depending on you symptoms you may >want to do some investigation into conditions like rheumatoid >arthritis and lupus. There are so many of them I couldn't list them >all. So has your doctor said about you sed rate and C-reactive >protein? > SEND POST TO: fibromyalgia-cfs HOME PAGE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7127/fibromyalgia-cfs.html LIST OWNER: " Missy " Parrot004@...> UNSUBSCRIBE:fibromyalgia-cfs-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Hi bobbi.. The one thing that I know of that can influence a sed rate reading was the fact that a woman might be menstruating…in doing research my husband and I came across a site talking about high sed rates….we were specifically looking for it….they gave the listing of men’s sed rate and women’s and if the woman was menstruating…however we did not bookmark the site… But in typing in sed rate results… http://health.ucsd.edu/labref/P4.html shows you the readings in regards to age ranges.. and this might direct you…it sure is curious…but I am glad that most of the other tests are negative…. Take care What abnormal results mean http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003638.htm#top#top> Return to top Elevated values occur with: * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000457.htm> kidney disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000887.htm> pregnancy * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003940.htm> rheumatic fever * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000431.htm> rheumatoid arthritis * severe http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000560.htm> anemia * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001327.htm> syphilis * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000435.htm> systemic lupus erythematosus * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001159.htm> thyroid disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000077.htm> tuberculosis Re: Now high sed rate Hi Sheshe, They're checked for me lupus (three times over the last three years), and he did hand x-rays and blood work for RA, and two doctors tested for Lyme disease. So far, nothing's shown up. I do have endometriosis, which I think is autoimmune as far as I know....wonder if that can cause the high sed rate? He didn't specifically mention the C-reactive protein, except to say that all the blood work (and they did a ton) was normal *except* for the sed rate, which was high. It's hovered around 50 for the past few years, but has gone up to 75 now. I'm wondering how bad or simple of an infection can cause that? Can it be caused by a toenail fungus, or yeast infection, or something simple like that? Bobbi C. ---------------- >From what I understand it is not uncommon for people to have fibro >and an autoimmune disease as well. Depending on you symptoms you may >want to do some investigation into conditions like rheumatoid >arthritis and lupus. There are so many of them I couldn't list them >all. So has your doctor said about you sed rate and C-reactive >protein? > SEND POST TO: fibromyalgia-cfs HOME PAGE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7127/fibromyalgia-cfs.html LIST OWNER: " Missy " Parrot004@...> UNSUBSCRIBE:fibromyalgia-cfs-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Hi bobbi.. The one thing that I know of that can influence a sed rate reading was the fact that a woman might be menstruating…in doing research my husband and I came across a site talking about high sed rates….we were specifically looking for it….they gave the listing of men’s sed rate and women’s and if the woman was menstruating…however we did not bookmark the site… But in typing in sed rate results… http://health.ucsd.edu/labref/P4.html shows you the readings in regards to age ranges.. and this might direct you…it sure is curious…but I am glad that most of the other tests are negative…. Take care What abnormal results mean http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003638.htm#top#top> Return to top Elevated values occur with: * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000457.htm> kidney disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000887.htm> pregnancy * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003940.htm> rheumatic fever * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000431.htm> rheumatoid arthritis * severe http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000560.htm> anemia * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001327.htm> syphilis * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000435.htm> systemic lupus erythematosus * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001159.htm> thyroid disease * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000077.htm> tuberculosis Re: Now high sed rate Hi Sheshe, They're checked for me lupus (three times over the last three years), and he did hand x-rays and blood work for RA, and two doctors tested for Lyme disease. So far, nothing's shown up. I do have endometriosis, which I think is autoimmune as far as I know....wonder if that can cause the high sed rate? He didn't specifically mention the C-reactive protein, except to say that all the blood work (and they did a ton) was normal *except* for the sed rate, which was high. It's hovered around 50 for the past few years, but has gone up to 75 now. I'm wondering how bad or simple of an infection can cause that? Can it be caused by a toenail fungus, or yeast infection, or something simple like that? Bobbi C. ---------------- >From what I understand it is not uncommon for people to have fibro >and an autoimmune disease as well. Depending on you symptoms you may >want to do some investigation into conditions like rheumatoid >arthritis and lupus. There are so many of them I couldn't list them >all. So has your doctor said about you sed rate and C-reactive >protein? > SEND POST TO: fibromyalgia-cfs HOME PAGE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7127/fibromyalgia-cfs.html LIST OWNER: " Missy " Parrot004@...> UNSUBSCRIBE:fibromyalgia-cfs-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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