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    Linda L
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    Please advise if anyone knows: Can ESR or CRP be elevated if you have a flu fever, an inflammation of the tooth or other inflammation /ear. eye, wound/?
    Can such prosaic things change the results of our blood tests if made when it’s on?
    Linda L

    RA tried everything: Methotraxate, Arava, Humira. Pneumonia three times. Anemia. Very low iron. Hypothyroidism
    AP from April 2014 till August 2015. No luck.
    Current medications: Natural thyroid, Mobic, supplements,
    vitamins and minerals.
    MTHFR heterozygous

    #454822
    Suzanne
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    Yes, both those can be elevated due to infection. Those were my daughter’s only abnormal labs at onset, and one reason they treated for an infection in the first place.

    Mom of teen daughter with Poly JIA since age 2. Current med: azithromycin 250 mg MWF.

    #454827
    Linda L
    Participant

    Thank you Suzanne.

    RA tried everything: Methotraxate, Arava, Humira. Pneumonia three times. Anemia. Very low iron. Hypothyroidism
    AP from April 2014 till August 2015. No luck.
    Current medications: Natural thyroid, Mobic, supplements,
    vitamins and minerals.
    MTHFR heterozygous

    #454828
    MLTelfer
    Participant

    Yes. And those markers can be volatile. Just because they spike does not mean there is a systemic change taking place.

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