Hello, My dad is been diagnosed for fever, he received antibiotic for viral fever. But the viral fever brought joint pains along with it. after the viral fever the joint pains still continued since a month. on recommendation fron a doctor we got all type of blood test done. the report indicated ESR count is 40 which is on the higher side. I would like to know is there any real problem and how will it be cured.
HiT hanks for askingBased on your query and findings my opinion is1. ESR is quite high in your fathers case and is probably related to the fever and now to the joint pains. 2. ESR is an indicator of an underlying disease process which raises with disease and settles to normal with resolution of the cause. It is only a prognostic indicator and not a diagnostic indicator.3. In your fathers' case it will reduce with the resolution of joint pains as chronic inflammation around joints have raised the ESR.4. You need to focus on bringing down joint pains rather than worrying about a raised ESR. Hope this helps