What Does My Blood Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 27 May 2015

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Question : I am 37yrs old , female. weight 68kg. I had a Complete Blood count done yesterday because I suffer from health anxiety.
All the functions such as liver, kidney, glucose, Cholestrol , White blood cells, Red blood cells, liver, Lipids, Bone screening, Thyroid T3, T4 all are totally normal.
Only CPR is 30 while it should be below 3 and ESR is 27 while it should be between 0 - 20.
I do feel exhausted like a cold feeling... And my musles of upper back are extremely sore. I am taking ibuprofen.
Should I be worried about this CPR?

Answered by Dr. Indu Kumar (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You need proper investigation for muscle pathology,arthritis etc.

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Increased CRP(C-reactive protein)and ESR may be related to infection/inflammation.Underlying cause should be searched out.
It may be to arthritis,muscle pathology,bacterial or viral infection etc.

Your findings need proper clinical examination by a rheumatologist and you may need further investigations.

If arthritis is suspected then you may need X-ray of both hands(AP),X-ray of both SI joints(prone),RA factor,ANA,anti-CCP,anti-DNA & anti-Sm,urine RE/ME,urine C/S etc.

It is important to investigate for muscle pathology like fibromyalgia etc.

Further treatment depend upon findings.

Get well soon.
Hope I have answered your question.
Further queries are most welcome

Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar