Raised ESR

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• Synonyms

  • High ESR
  • Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate

• Causes

  • Metastasis
  • Blood change in pregnancy
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Temporal arteritis
  • Haematological malignancy
  • Paraproteinaemia
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Post-streptococcal autoimmunity
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Scarlet fever
  • Inflammatory disease
  • Acute phase reaction

• Effects

  • Rouleaux

• Parents

  • Blood investigation