The sed rate only shows that there is inflammation in the body, not the cause or location. Any injury can increase sed rate.
A sed rate (sedimentation rate) is the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions. A high sed rate usually indicates that an inflammation is present.
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A SED rate of 60 is high even for an elderly man. Even if you''re 90 your SED rate should be somewhere around 50 or below. Talk to your doctor about it.
In general, the sed rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) ) is a measure of inflammation present.
My Baso is 0.143 with SED Rate 13 HCT 40.2 and RDW rate 10.4 What does that mean?
If you are talking ESR or sed rate then yes it is very high As it is normally 20 in women and 10 in men.
Sed is often used as shorthand for sedimentation rate.
Sed rate is a type of measure of infection in the blood. Sed rate of 17 is within the normal range for both men and women. The normal rate for women is 0-29mm/hr. and the normal rate for men is 0-22 mm/hr.
What could cause high monocytes, high level of sed rate and low lymphocytes in bloodwork of toddler?
Any infection in the body will do this.
Sed rate tell you if there is inflammation in the body. It does not tell you the reason for the inflammation but along with other test it can help diagnose problems. Sed rate can be elevated with many different conditions including with infection and auto immune disorders.