Guest guest Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Remember I just said that back in March, I had a CRP of 34.7. My doctor never tested me again after that. Is that strange? Back in March, it was when I was having a bad hives reaction with drug induced thrombocytopenia (platelet distruction). My hives were turning to bruises, apparently because it was a mix of an antibiotic and my BAD uticaria. I haven't had a reaction to this extent since. But I was reading this and it freaked me out. I never knew that I was in danger of a heart attack or stroke. My doctor gave me Prednisone at the time, but didn't recheck my blood later. I mean, if a value of more than 3 is high risk..what is 34.7?? What do you all know about this stuff? ***A CRP value less than 1 mg/L indicates a low risk for heart attack and stroke; one between 1 and 2.9, an intermediate risk; and a value of 3 or more, a high risk. For reliability, two tests should be obtained and the values averaged. The tests ought to be taken two weeks apart.** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 -CRP is just a protein that rises when you are sick/fighting illness. It doesn't mean you will have a heart attack. It goes down really fast once your body is getting better. They also use it as a heart attack indicator, but it does not mean you will have one if it is high. Hope this helps, I am a clinical lab scientist and do lots of blood tests. -- In LUPIES , " RickAddict " wrote: > Remember I just said that back in March, I had a CRP of 34.7. My doctor > never tested me again after that. Is that strange? Back in March, it was > when I was having a bad hives reaction with drug induced thrombocytopenia > (platelet distruction). My hives were turning to bruises, apparently > because it was a mix of an antibiotic and my BAD uticaria. I haven't had a > reaction to this extent since. But I was reading this and it freaked me > out. I never knew that I was in danger of a heart attack or stroke. My > doctor gave me Prednisone at the time, but didn't recheck my blood later. I > mean, if a value of more than 3 is high risk..what is 34.7?? What do you all > know about this stuff? > > ***A CRP value less than 1 mg/L indicates a low risk for heart attack and > stroke; one between 1 and 2.9, an intermediate risk; and a value of 3 or > more, a high risk. For reliability, two tests should be obtained and the > values averaged. The tests ought to be taken two weeks apart.** > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 -CRP is just a protein that rises when you are sick/fighting illness. It doesn't mean you will have a heart attack. It goes down really fast once your body is getting better. They also use it as a heart attack indicator, but it does not mean you will have one if it is high. Hope this helps, I am a clinical lab scientist and do lots of blood tests. -- In LUPIES , " RickAddict " wrote: > Remember I just said that back in March, I had a CRP of 34.7. My doctor > never tested me again after that. Is that strange? Back in March, it was > when I was having a bad hives reaction with drug induced thrombocytopenia > (platelet distruction). My hives were turning to bruises, apparently > because it was a mix of an antibiotic and my BAD uticaria. I haven't had a > reaction to this extent since. But I was reading this and it freaked me > out. I never knew that I was in danger of a heart attack or stroke. My > doctor gave me Prednisone at the time, but didn't recheck my blood later. I > mean, if a value of more than 3 is high risk..what is 34.7?? What do you all > know about this stuff? > > ***A CRP value less than 1 mg/L indicates a low risk for heart attack and > stroke; one between 1 and 2.9, an intermediate risk; and a value of 3 or > more, a high risk. For reliability, two tests should be obtained and the > values averaged. The tests ought to be taken two weeks apart.** > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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