Hi all ,well I got my blood results it says they are all ok except one and it says it shows an increase in my inflammatory level but don't think it's relavant to fibro and to have it checked again in six weeks, can anyone help me I don't understand inflammation in my blood?????
Thanks
Lizzie57
It is your white blood cells and red blood cells count that tells whether your body is fighting an infection or disease , I think.
I have had this before. I had to have a repeat test and it still showed my crp level was high. My GP didn't think it was anything to worry about. Just had another load of bloods taken for some other problem I am having, so will see if it's still elevated. I did research it online and it's to do with inflammation but it's not specific enough to point to where the inflammation is. Hope this helps a little.
As the whole body is being attacked by a non specific disease- the inflammation will be every where- very small bits of the body will be inflamed in very restricted areas, add that to other bits and you've got one big answer- full of inflammation and nowhere to point to.! Have a nice day.
Hi Lizzie57
I am so genuinely sorry to read that and I sincerely hope that your next tests come back in normal range. I have pasted you the NHS Choices link to Rheumatoid arthritis as this page explains about ESR and CRP levels in the blood, so I genuinely hope that you find it useful:
NHS Choices:
nhs.uk/Conditions/Rheumatoi...
I want to genuinely and sincerely wish you all the best of luck.
All my hopes and dreams for you
Ken
I had that and they thought I had an infection, it could be a water infection that you're not even aware of. But then as they tested again and again it was looking like something more to do with the immune system. With the symptoms I had plus a few tests it was Sjögren's syndrome, but hopefully yours is just an infection. I'd ask them if they'd test you again xx
I don't know if this is still how they check the white cells in the blood samples but, there are several different white cells, a high white cell count indicates inflammation somewhere. The numbers of each of the types of white cells can indicate what type, ie bacterial infection, an immune system dysfunction.......OK, that's only two but the others have gone.....foggy brain 
ok just to settle your mind- NO blood sample will ever diagnose FM. Doctors do it to rule out other symptoms. After one set of bloods, taking more is a waste of red cells- and time..! Inflammation is the norm, serious problems are rare and like you and many many others with FM every day is a different illness. So don't worry about it- unless it hangs around for more than 3 weeks and hurts like hell- try to ignore it- either it goes away, or forces you to ask for more help-
usually the inflammatory markers are esr and crp. my markers were high and they diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica. they usually check these markers a couple of times. so hope yours will settle down. x
Mine up first time settled down later but they decided due to lupus flare up though fibromyalgia was bad at the time as well
It is usually the ESR eosinophil sedimentation rate which is an indicator of inflammation (among other things) within the body. If you have any inflammatory condition at all then it will be raised. Once the inflammation subsides the reading goes down again.
when i was tested, my blood works were the same, inflammation, the doctor could not work out where so he put me on anti inflammatory tablets. I have had blood tests after that and it shows that its going down, but it also shows a lot of other things that are wrong
Hi Lizzy, I just read your msg, I know a little bit about inflammation when I used to learn about science C-reactive protein, or CRP, has long been used as a marker of inflammation in the body.1 High CRP levels are found in practically every known inflammatory state. But sometime inflammation itself caused CRP, but not to worry, while you are waiting for your gp to come back to you..get a fresh ginger..drink it each day just like when you do with tea.slice it mix with honey,..Ginger is a very best to reduce CRP level...God Luck
there is a company if i am allowed to say.????....but they believe our p.h level in the body should read 7 and above....in order to be at a balanced level ....anything going lower than 7 is said to be acidic...which causes (as i was informed) inflammation.....
I have a water jug and filters that each last two months....i am told to drink at least 8 glasses a day .....as once filtered the water is alkalised with antioxidants
I must say i do struggle to drink much but use it for tea and anything else.....and it did begin to make me more alert.....
I put powdered ginger in every cup of tea....but now i think il try the fresh ginger as tea or in tea....
Tia.......x
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