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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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Arthritis and Rheumatism |
High sed rate06/19/2000 |
What is high sed rate?
The sed rate (or ESR) is a blood test which measures inflammation. It cannot diagnose any particular disease but does suggest the category of problem that a patient may have. A normal value is anything less than 20 or possibly 30 in older individuals. A "high sed rate" would be any value greater than that.The sed rate is also of use in monitoring response to therapy in those conditions in which it has been elevated.
In general, it is used as a screening test and is moderately useful in this regard.
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Michael E. Luggen, MD Attending Physician Division of Immunology and Allergy Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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