CRP & SED Rate Elevated - Need Help.....

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Hello, it's Kaitlyn's Mom here!

I rarely post but read every day! Today I need some advice about Kaitlyn's

bloodwork from 2/15. Her doctor called today with results: CRP = 53 and ESed

Rate = 60. She has never tested this high before. When she was diagnosed in

6/07, it was 24 and there was B and urgency and bm's up to 8-10 times a day.

Lately her bms are not perfect, but I figured it was from being sick. Bm's 0-2

times per day, mostly 1x/day.

She recently had 2 viruses with high fevers (practically back-to-back) that was

going around in school, maybe the Adeno virus they say, which lead to a cough

which lead to bronchitis. It was her first time with this. The Ped had her

take 40mg pred for 4 days ending 1-29, Zithromax 5 days ending 1-30 and inhaler

as needed ending 1-29.

My question: Can these things (virus, bronchitis, above meds) affect her CRP

and Sed Rate this much two weeks later??? I am beside myself! She looks great

and played lacrosse tonight!! She says she feels great.

I'm freaking out because the GI is talking scoping and the stool samples are not

even back yet!!

Oh, forgot to mention her hemoglobin is 11.9 so she is not anemic. Her Vit D

was somewhat low at 22. GI said it should be 30 or higher. Everything else

looked okay, she said.

The only other thing that I can think of that might have thrown these numbers

off is that while she was off school for DAYS due to the snow, she was playing

the Wii. She was playing Wii Sports Resort and swinging her arm around so much

she had back muscle spasms and soreness for days. This was right before the

blood test.

Sorry this is so long. Any thoughts??

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Kaitlyn's Mom

Kaitlyn, age 11

CD/UC since 1/07

SCD since 9/07

Med free since 9/08 (except for the bronchitis meds)

(recently started back last week on SCD Multi, B Complex, Calcium, turmeric, Vit

D3, fish oil & chinese herbs, probiotic & yogurt, medical acupuncture lately)

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Any kind of infection or inflammation can raise these lab values.

She seems to be feeling well and not having symptoms. I don't think the wii

could raise them this high but the virus might.

Perhaps the doctor would be willing to repeat the labs in a week or so before

putting her through all the tests?

PJ

>

> Hello, it's Kaitlyn's Mom here!

>

> I rarely post but read every day! Today I need some advice about Kaitlyn's

bloodwork from 2/15. Her doctor called today with results: CRP = 53 and ESed

Rate = 60. She has never tested this high before. When she was diagnosed in

6/07, it was 24 and there was B and urgency and bm's up to 8-10 times a day.

Lately her bms are not perfect, but I figured it was from being sick. Bm's 0-2

times per day, mostly 1x/day.

>

> She recently had 2 viruses with high fevers (practically back-to-back) that

was going around in school, maybe the Adeno virus they say, which lead to a

cough which lead to bronchitis. It was her first time with this. The Ped had

her take 40mg pred for 4 days ending 1-29, Zithromax 5 days ending 1-30 and

inhaler as needed ending 1-29.

>

> My question: Can these things (virus, bronchitis, above meds) affect her CRP

and Sed Rate this much two weeks later??? I am beside myself! She looks great

and played lacrosse tonight!! She says she feels great.

>

> I'm freaking out because the GI is talking scoping and the stool samples are

not even back yet!!

>

> Oh, forgot to mention her hemoglobin is 11.9 so she is not anemic. Her Vit D

was somewhat low at 22. GI said it should be 30 or higher. Everything else

looked okay, she said.

>

> The only other thing that I can think of that might have thrown these numbers

off is that while she was off school for DAYS due to the snow, she was playing

the Wii. She was playing Wii Sports Resort and swinging her arm around so much

she had back muscle spasms and soreness for days. This was right before the

blood test.

>

> Sorry this is so long. Any thoughts??

>

> -

> Kaitlyn's Mom

> Kaitlyn, age 11

> CD/UC since 1/07

> SCD since 9/07

> Med free since 9/08 (except for the bronchitis meds)

> (recently started back last week on SCD Multi, B Complex, Calcium, turmeric,

Vit D3, fish oil & chinese herbs, probiotic & yogurt, medical acupuncture

lately)

>

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Hi PJ,

Thanks for responding. I agree, we need to wait a while and then retest!

Should get back stool results through Quest Lab by next week. I'm also thinking

of doing one of the Geneva Diagnostics stool tests on our own. I'm reading good

things about that lab. I really, REALLY don't want to put her through scoping,

especially if we are not seeing any B and she's not complaining of anything!!!!

I forgot to post before that late July last year she (and some family members)

got food poisoning from eating some steamed Chesapeake crabs. Maybe whatever

bug that was has really not moved out yet?!??

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> > Kaitlyn's Mom

> > Kaitlyn, age 11

> > CD/UC since 1/07

> > SCD since 9/07

> > Med free since 9/08 (except for the bronchitis meds)

> > (recently started back last week on SCD Multi, B Complex, Calcium, turmeric,

Vit D3, fish oil & chinese herbs, probiotic & yogurt, medical acupuncture

lately)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for your post! Sorry your doctor scared you too..... it's no fun! All

this worrying is making my blood pressure go up, literally, so I'm going to try

to calm down. SCD has always come through for her and we won't retest for at

least another month as long as she's feeling fine. Our regularly scheduled GI

appt is the end of March. I'll repost if anything crazy comes up on her stool

test.

Thanks again,

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>

> Hi ,

> I think all this could get her numbers out of whack for awhile. I

> once had a good scare when my platelets looked screwy. My doc scared

> me to death, sent me to a Hematologist to see if I had dire things

> going on, etc etc. It turned out to be nothing more than that I'd

> gotten the test taken when I had a cold! All was well a few weeks

> later when retested. Why not ask if you can just wait a couple of

> weeks and retest, before anything bigger is contemplated? As long as

> she continues to feel well, that is.

>

>

>

>

> My question: Can these things (virus, bronchitis, above meds) affect

> her CRP and Sed Rate this much two weeks later??? I am beside myself!

> She looks great and played lacrosse tonight!! She says she feels great.

>

[Guest guest]

,

Good luck to both of you. The worry and scares really do upset

everything, don't they? I hope things will calm down for you both

now.

Hi ,

Thanks for your post! Sorry your doctor scared you too..... it's no

fun! All this worrying is making my blood pressure go up, literally, so

I'm going to try to calm down. SCD has always come through for her and we

won't retest for at least another month as long as she's feeling fine.