Sed rate

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The sedimentation rate test examines your blood after an hour to see how clumpy

it is. Certain proteins present in inflammatory conditions cause the blood cells

to coagulate at the bottom of a test tube in higher rates than normal. Sed rate

is often the first abnormal test in certain illnesses like autoimmune disease

and cancer. Also sed rate does commonly go up with pregnancy but the doctor

would be able to tell you if it is too high to explain with pregnancy alone. Sed

rate goes up a little with age.

 

 

 

 

H & M Feld <ariel wrote:

Please explain the " sed rate test " . Is this similar to the (hs) CRP for

measuring inflammation ?

 

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" Kelly Wortkoetter " <kellykebby

 

Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:13 PM

Re: Re: Pregnant and Not Healing

 

 

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> Hi , the immune system goes way down when you are pregnant so it doesn't

attack the baby (brought down by steroids). Maybe right now, do an lupus ana

test (antinuclear antibody screen )and a sed rate test (measure of

inflammation in the blood) to see if your immune system is confused and

attacking you instead of doing its job and a blood sugar test. Gestational

diabetes might make it harder to heal. After the baby is born, there will be

toxins that you need to get rid of (detoxing, raw foods, fresh juices,

etc.). Some women get lupus symptoms after pregnancy because the toxins

can't leave their body because they are still eating the standard american

diet which retains toxins. So the immune system is trying to get rid of the

toxins but damaging the woman's cells in the process. I would just stick

with the good food that you are eating, a little garlic, lots of fruits and

veggies, low salt (try

> sea salt), and NO refined sugar which paralyzes the immune system.

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> Congratulations and good luck!

>

> Kelly

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