Erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR), Westergren method,(Sed Rate) is blood test measures how quickly red blood cells (erythrocytes) settle in a test tube. The more red cells that fall to the bottom of a special test tube in one hour, the higher the sed rate.

When inflammation is present in the body, certain proteins cause red blood cells to stick together and fall more quickly than normal to the bottom of the tube. These proteins are produced by the liver and the immune system under many abnormal conditions, such as an infection, an autoimmune disease, and cancer. There are many possible causes of an elevated sedimentation rate. For this reason, a sed rate blood test is done with other tests to confirm a diagnosis. Once a sed rate blood test is conducted, the course of the disease or the effectiveness of treatment can be monitored.

The normal sedimentation rate (Westergren method) for males is 0-15 millimeters per hour, and for females is 0-20 millimeters per hour. The sedimentation rate can be slightly more elevated in the elderly and is much lower for children.

If you are currently covered under a group health insurance plan through your employer you are eligible to get it through a new employer. However, if you leave your current employer and there is a gap between the time you left and when you start your new one (more than 3 months), the new employer does not have to cover you. If that is the case, you'd be better off going with your Cobra coverage if you quit your present job and when you start the new one you'll be all set.

Check with your state health department. Many states make arrangements to cover people who don't qualify with private insurers, usually through some kind of high risk health insurance pool. It's expensive (here in Texas, by law, the rates have to be set 2x higher than the average state rates) but probably not as expensive as a catastrophic illness without any coverage at all. The same pre-existing conditions will likely apply, but if you can COBRA or somehow stay in your insurance plan until you get the state one set up, they'll probably cover everything. If there's a lapse in coverage, the pre-existing conditions apply (at least in Texas).

I have lupus and had lapsed coverage for over a year. Basically, in Florida, I can't get individual coverage. Because some states require that there be a limit to the time a condition can be considered pre-existing by an insurance company, some dread diseases and conditions are flat-out refused for coverage. But I was hired by a company which is part of a PEO (employee leasing group) and because the group is large enough, I didn't have to even fill out a medical questionnaire--the group was already underwritten. So the key may be to be employed by a company with a large enough risk pool that the insurance company does not individually underwrite.

In many cases yes. There are a few states that require insurance companies to offer coverage to everyone (guaranteed issue); New York & Mass for instance. Most employer groups will cover just about everyone so that is an option. Finally there are some plans on the market that have 'almost' guaranteed issue. These are generally high deductible plans with only a few knock-out questions. One plan I use frequently has only three requirements: You must be working, you can not have HIV/AIDS and you can not have had over $25,000 in medical expenses in the previous 12 months.

The Affordable Care Act provides a means for people with pre-existing and chronic conditions to be able to get affordable health insurance. In each state, there is a special fund for this. You can find what is available in your state by going to www.healthcare.gov.

The same as it does anyone at any age. it reduces the ability to use your joints and causes pain with movement. this can however be especially hard on older people as they are less likely to be muscularly fit, which is always helpful when arthritisis a problem.

Arthritis is a condition that can cause painful muscles, swollen joints, and the inability to move comfortably. It can also cause dangerous falls, especially in the elderly. It is important for the elderly sufferers of arthritis to be protected in the event of a fall, because often a bad fall can cause injuries and broken bones.

Just to summarize, following are the main HIV symptoms:

1. Rapid weight loss
2. Dry cough
3. Recurring fever or profuse night sweats
4. Profound and unexplained fatigue
5. Wollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck
6. Diarrhea that lasts for more than a week
7. White spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth, or in the throat
8. Pneumonia
9. Red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids
10. Memory loss, depression, and other neurological disorders.

HIV is the virus that causes the disease called AIDS. At first, there can be rash, fever, sore throat, and not feeling well. Later it seems to go away. This is called the latent stage and lasts for a few weeks or more than 20 years. The last stage is called AIDS and a low T cell count is seen, with cancers and various infections which the person can't fight off.
The following are excellent examples of symptoms of HIV: heavy or ragged breathing, a rash in the infected area (usually purple/ yellow), gas, spotty fision, and most importantly an extreme sexual desire toward people of the same gender.
fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, rash, muscle pain, malaise, and mouth and esophageal sores.
turning blue
The symptoms of a HIV infection are fever, fatigue, rash, headache, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat and many more symptoms. However, some of the symptoms are very close to having a flu or cold.
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There are technically no SET signs for HIV. You have to be tested to be sure that you actually have the virus. For some, a few weeks after exposure, mononucleosis like symptoms develop. Then they go away. The virus can remain physically undetected for 7 or more years until AIDS develops. Check the links for details.
Not everyone gets symptoms following infection. About 75% of people get very heavy flu-like symptoms - google 'HIV seroconversion symptoms' for details.
The symptoms of HIV varies depending on the stage of the infection, some of them are: mouth and genital ulcers, joint pain, fatigue, soaking night sweats, rashes, chronic diarrhoea, fever for several weeks, to name a few.
Being HIV positive does not mean that you are going to get sick right away. It might be a very long time, even years, before any symptoms develop.

Abdominal pain. Patients may experience cramps, achy or even sharp pains in the affected area.

Most often, a patient with Crohns disease will experience these pains on the lower right of the abdomen just below the bellybutton. The reason this happens is that in the majority of cases of Crohns disease it is the terminal ileum that is involved first. The terminal ileum is where the large and small bowels join. The terminal ileum crosses from left to right just above the belt line.

The type of pain experienced by the patient depends on what part of the gastrointestinal tract is affected.

Disease in the terminal ileum is characterized by sharp pain while disease higher up in the colon is generally noted by cramps and pain. Pain is often relieved temporarily by a bowel movement.

Diarrhea is often associated with Crohns disease. Frequent, loose, watery bowel movements Often accompanied by thick dark blood and sometimes with mucus and bubbly yellow froth.

Because Crohn's is an inflammatory disease one of the key characteristics is fever.

During an acute flare up, one patient will have a high fever while others may present with a low grade but persistent fever, often breaking during the night resulting in night sweats.

A number of symptoms not related to the gastro intestinal tract may also present with a flare up of Crohns disease. These can occur weeks or months before the intestinal symptoms are noticed.

Sores inside the mouth.

Joint pain often migrating from knees, elbows, ankles and wrists (migrating arthralgia).

Reddening and inflammation of the eyes (Irititis)

Skin lesions including sore red nodules on the shins or calves of the leg (Erythema Nodosum)

Symptoms of Chron's disease can come on suddenly and they include: abdominal pain, weight loss, nasea, diarrhea, and cramping. The symptoms change over time and are different for everyone with the disease.