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ESR
Alternative Names: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Sed rate; Sedimentation rate Normal Values: Adults (Westergren method): Men under 50 years old: less than 15 mm/hr. Men over 50 years old: less than 20 mm/hr. Women under 50 years old: less than 20 mm/hr. Women over 50 years old: less than 30 mm/hr. Text Continues Below Children (Westergren method): Newborn: 0 to 2 mm/hr. Neonatal to puberty: 3 to 13 mm/hr. Note: mm/hr. = millimeters per hour. What abnormal results mean: Elevated values occur with: Kidney disease Pregnancy Rheumatic fever Rheumatoid arthritis Severeanemia Syphilis Systemic lupus erythematosus Thyroid disease Tuberculosis Other inflammatory conditions Markedly elevated values occur with: Giant cell arteritis Multiple myeloma Macroglobulinemia - primary Hyperfibrinogenemia (elevated fibrinogen levels in the blood) Necrotizing vasculitis Polymyalgia rheumatica Lower-than-normal levels occur with: Congestive heart failure Hyperviscosity Hypofibrinogenemia (decreased fibrinogen levels) Low plasma protein (due to liver or kidney disease) Polycythemia Sickle cell anemia Additional conditions that may affect test results: Allergic vasculitis Atrial myxoma, left Atrial myxoma, right Autoimmune hepatitis Endometritis Eosinophilic fasciitis Erysipelas Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Legionnaire's disease Osteomyelitis Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Pericarditis, post-MI Retroperitoneal fibrosis Skin lesion of blastomycosis Subacute thyroiditis Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) Page:  1 | 2 | Next >>