Erythrocyte sedimentation rate:
It is the rate at which erythrocytes sedimentation takes place on their own weight when anticoagulant. Blood is held in a vertical column. It is expressed as the fall of RBC
in mm at the end of the first hour.
in mm at the end of the first hour.
The normal range of ESR,
- Male - 5 mm at the end of the first hour
- Female - 0 - 7 mm at the end of the first hour.
Wintrobe method;
- Male - 0 - 9 mm at the end of the first hour,
- Female - 0 -20 mm at the end of the first hour.
uses of the esr test
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is used to identify the following diseases and disease conditions.
High ESR value is found in,
- Rheumatic fever,
- Rheumatoid arthritis,
- Tuberculosis,
- Allergy,
- Syphilis,
- Cancer,
- Pneumonia,
- malignant tumors.
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