Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Hi everyone,I took to the drs, her sed rate went up from 19 to 45 Iwas worried I ask the dr could a sed rate go up from a sinus infection,she said it could go up but not that much she didn,t give me advice really,so Im asking anyone that can try to answer this. goes back the 22 and the weekend before her appt she needs to get more blood work,right now has some kind of flu she has been throwing up quite alot its hard to keep food down I wonder if this illness can make the sed rate?Im very worried about this sed rate.Im really confused about jra sed rates everything,it just seems she is more sick than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 , Yes, when you are sick your sed rate can go up. It can also take a few weeks to go down if you have been sick or have had an infection. The CRP, or c reactive protein can tell you more if you have been sick. It is also an indicator of inflammation. (n, 15, systemic) p.s. Try not to get too hung up with sed rate numbers. I go by how my child feels. When her arthritis is active I could care less what the sed rate is, all I know is that my child feels bad. If n is doing well, again if the sed rate is high- I don't care. What I am trying to say is that, go with how your child is feeling and is her health generally getting better or worse. 's sed rate > > > Hi everyone,I took to the drs, her sed rate went up from 19 > to 45 Iwas worried I ask the dr could a sed rate go up from a sinus > infection,she said it could go up but not that much she didn,t give > me advice really,so Im asking anyone that can try to answer > this. goes back the 22 and the weekend before her appt she > needs to get more blood work,right now has some kind of flu > she has been throwing up quite alot its hard to keep food down I > wonder if this illness can make the sed rate?Im very worried about > this sed rate.Im really confused about jra sed rates everything,it > just seems she is more sick than not. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hi , I just read your post about your daughter ...I know a lot about sed rates (as do most parents on this list), as my son was diagnosed at a year of age with systemic jra and is now 5. Infections may increase the sed rate a little...but the trend is pretty indicative of what is going on (inflammation, rash, fever, pain, etc.) ' sed rate was as high as 115 when he was flaring...and never fell below 30's until we started him on Kineret (a year later his sed rate is 8...and reflects a little boy who is feeling great). I wasn't sure how long has had systemic symptoms, age, treatment, etc.? If you have any questions about systemic jra please email me directly at mwestfal " at " ktc.com. Sincerely, Marguerite and (systemic, 5) > > Hi everyone,I took to the drs, her sed rate went up from 19 > to 45 Iwas worried I ask the dr could a sed rate go up from a sinus > infection,she said it could go up but not that much she didn,t give > me advice really,so Im asking anyone that can try to answer > this. goes back the 22 and the weekend before her appt she > needs to get more blood work,right now has some kind of flu > she has been throwing up quite alot its hard to keep food down I > wonder if this illness can make the sed rate?Im very worried about > this sed rate.Im really confused about jra sed rates everything,it > just seems she is more sick than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hi , The SED is a tricky kind of test.It reads what was going on about two weeks prior to the test and can stay elevated 2 weeks after the inflimation has gone down. Ask or demand to have a CRP done with each lab.It measures inflimation at that exact moment the labs are drawn. Any lab can become messed up from sitting to long or at the wrong temp. I can swear my son was in a 100% total medicated remission for a year and a year afterwards when he developed a viral rash and cellulitis and his SED came back a 45.The blood tests were done the day before the appointment and the rheumy found nothing but a perfect child. It's a good test but not a perfect test and the whole overall picture of the labs is what counts the most. Hugs Becki and 6systemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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