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Blood Test Showed High Esr, Not Advised Any Medicines, Family History Of Arthritis, Advised Mri Scan For Back Pain. Could It Be Multiple Myeloma?
hello doctor,my mother is 59 yrs old...recently she had a checkup in which her bloodtest showed normal results except for esr which is 65...dr advised not to take any medication,as her kidney functioning and all is normal..she has a family history of arthritis .2 days back,she again went for an x-ray for her backpain and dr asked to take an mri scan ....i am worried about her whether she is having multiple myeloma,she doesn t have any other symptoms...pls help,family doctor said 90%chance for osteoporosis and 10% multiple myloma.If its MM can she be cured
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Dear friend
Plz dont worry , not all patients with raised ESR have Multiple myeloma , simple test for multiple myeloma is bence jones protein test in urine. Now as for back pain she culd have simple spondylosis or may be Rheumatoid arthritis also get MRI spine done and get RA factor checked in blood.
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Dr. Vineet Saggar (MCh)
Neuro Surgeon / Spinal Surgeon
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Plz dont worry , not all patients with raised ESR have Multiple myeloma , simple test for multiple myeloma is bence jones protein test in urine. Now as for back pain she culd have simple spondylosis or may be Rheumatoid arthritis also get MRI spine done and get RA factor checked in blood.
regards
Dr. Vineet Saggar (MCh)
Neuro Surgeon / Spinal Surgeon
Chandigarh, Mohali -
Ivy Hospital Sector 71
Mob. No.:- +91-9855990990
http://neurosergeonhead.blogspot.in/
http://www.facebook.com/neuro.surgeon.7186
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-vineet/56/2a9/863
https://twitter.com/drvineetsaggar
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