My Hs Crp Is High At 6.4 Is It Sign

Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2020

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Question : My hs crp is high at 6.4
Is it sign of cancer or cardiovascular risk ?
I am starting Crestor 20 from tomorrow

Secondly my mean platelet volume is 12.8
Does it mean any kind of cancer ?
My rest all complete blood count is Normal

Only I have high ESR at 24 and hscrp at 6.4 but also I have inflammation probem in back these days ?

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
These results suggest inflammation

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

CRP and ESR are non-specific markers and most commonly denote inflammation. You have mentioned having some inflammation recently. So more likely, this is some inflammation.

MPV is only slightly high and does not denote cancer.

Overall, I feel that there's nothing to worry about.

Hope this helps.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee