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An elevated count usually indicates a chronic infection?
if you are talking about wbcs it happens mostly in acute infection.
Is the elevated CRP a normal phenomenon?
no crp is acute phase protein rises in response to inflammation,infection and neoplastic diseases
Is measles an acute disease?
Measles is an acute infection.
What is acute infection?
An infection, non bacterial,that came on suddenly
Can viral gastroenteritis cause elevated liver enzymes?
Yes. As an example, in one study of children with acute rotavirus infection (an extremely common cause of diarrheal ilnesses), the majority of them had elevated AST/ALT levels, usually modest such as up to twice the upper limit of normal range.
How are acute chronic and latent infections different?
Latent infection is different because the infection be present,but not causing no symptoms that what makes this infection different from acute and chronic infections.
How is osteomyelitis diagnosed?
Diagnosis of osteomyelitis involves several procedures. Blood is usually drawn and tested to demonstrate an increased number of the infection-fighting white blood cells (particularly elevated in children with acute osteomyelitis).
Are herpes acute or chronic?
Herpes infection have acute onset. But the infection persist in posterior root ganglion for life time. So it can be called as chronic disease with acute onset probably.
What is an acute infection caused by the virus that causes chickenpox?
Herpes Zoster, or shingles, is an acute infection caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.
What does high ferritin levels mean?
If ferritin is high, there is iron in excess or else there is an acute inflammatory reaction in which ferritin is mobilized without iron excess. For example, ferritins may be high in infection without signalling body iron overload.Ferritin is also used as a marker for iron overload disorders, such as hemochromatosis or hemosiderosis. Adult-onset Still's disease, porphyria, and Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis are diseases in which the ferritin level may be abnormally raised. As ferritin is also an acute-phase reactant, it is often elevated in the course of disease. A normal C-reactive protein can be used to exclude elevated ferritin caused by acute phase reactions.According to a study of anorexia nervosa patients, ferritin can be elevated during periods of acute malnourishment
What is ostso mylitis?
its an acute infection of the bone and/or bone marrow osteomyelitis is infection of the bone
What is the acute bacterial infection of the throats and upper respiratory tract?
Upper Respiratory Infection
