Crp norm??

[izzi'smom]

crp norm??

I *know* it was explained in a thread but can't find it...what are the ways it is expressed and the normal/worry/panic ranges?

I remember reading that it depends on the units...Izz's last result was 4.8mg/dl and the nurse told me it is now 93.7 (no units)...would this equate to 9.37mg/dl???

TIA!!

 

[DustyKat]

If it is measured in mg/dl then 0 - 1 is the normal reference range.

If it is measured in mg/l then <10 is normal.

Labs can vary slightly with these numbers.

Dusty. xxx

 

[kimmidwife]

Angie,
Call her back for clarification. It sounds like you are write but i have heard of very high numbers as well so check with her just to be sure. I am sorry that her numbers are still going up! I guess the humira is not working yet? What are they saying? How many doses haas she had?

 

[DustyKat]

I seem to have lost some of my post!

Your conversion between the differing units of measurement seem accurate to me and looking at the numbers I would say they have used two different units of measurement.

Matt at his highest was 670 mg/l and I wasn't left guessing that he had problems.

Dusty. xxx

EDIT: That should be 370!

I really can't see Izzi having a CRP of 93.7 if it is a mg/dl unit of measurement Ang.

 

[izzi'smom]

Just talked to the doc...and he said 93.7 mg/dl is correct...we just won a fast pass to a colonoscopy. He isn't fully convinced her numbers aren't skewed by something else, though.

 

[AZMOM]

I'm sure it's worth a look but your doc is right, the crp can be elevated for other illness, not just her IBD. Thinking of you......

J.

 

[kimmidwife]

Angie,
Sending healing thoughts your way!

 

[Tesscorm]

Ang, when Stephens CRP and SED rate were elevated in December and then lower in January, his GI thought it might partly have been caused by a cold he was fighting and his knee and shoulder injuries ('partly' because they were both still a bit elevated in January...). :ghug: