The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was studied in 520 men and 202 women with syphilis. It was raised in 66-6 per cent. of sero-negative primary cases, 80 per cent. of sero-positive cases, 100 per cent. of secondary cases, 80 per cent. of early latent cases, and 73-9 per cent. of late latent cases. It was also raised in sixteen out of seventeen cases of neurosyphilis and in all eleven cases of c...

Background and Objective: Measurement of inflammatory markers and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) may contribute to the evaluation of lung involvement severity. This study aimed to evaluate relationship between severity of primary lung involvement with highest level of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and LDH in patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study w...

A case of Uthiravathasronitham (Rheumatoid arthritis) had been treated with a classical Siddha preparation Rasa chenduram (100mg) along Thirikadugu choornam (1 gm) for 3 weeks and Pinda thailam as an external application. The patient condition has assessed by validated simplified disease activity measurement tool Rheumatoid arthritis Disease score (DAS) 28 joints formula using Erythrocyte sedim...

Background Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are most commonly employed acute phase reactants in follow up of patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). As a rule CRP increases during FMF attacks but it returns to normal values in attack free periods. Persistently elevated acute phase reactants in attack free periods can be occasionally observed in patient...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The early in diagnosis of RA is crucial. To facilitate diagnosis during the early stages of RA, when often not all clinical symptoms are manifest, a good serological marker is needed. Among serological markers are rheumatoid factor (RF), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) C-reactive prot...

Methods This is a retrospective study of 109 JIA patients from a tertiary centre (see poster 1). Variables included were: current biological treatment (both the first agent used as the second, third or fourth when it had been switched) and duration of treatment (years with a new agent or since reintroduction of an agent used before) plus physician visual analogue scale (ph-VAS), erythrocyte sed...

We report here a rare case of mesenteric Castleman's disease presenting as a mesenteric mass. A 13-year-old female child was admitted to our hospital complaining of intermittent vague abdominal pain. She had hypochromic anemia, thrombocytosis and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Ultrasonography and computed tomography indicated an intra- abdominal mass might represent a lymphom...

Due to gender differences in metabolomic profiling, the analysis was restricted to female patients starting etanercept as the first biological treatment and having a minimum of six months’ follow-up. Each patient was evaluated by the same rheumatologist before and after six months of treatment. At this time, the clinical response (good, moderate, none) was determined according to the EUropean L...

Introduction Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a periodic fever syndrome characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serosal inflammation .The diagnosis is still based on clinical criteria. No laboratory test is diagnostic of FMF. During the attacks increased C reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA), fibrinogen, beta 2 microglobulin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leuk...

In a prospective open study 44 Israeli patients with rheumatoid arthritis were treated with weekly low dose methotrexate (MTX) for up to 36 months. Nine patients withdrew from the study: six because of side effects and three due to inefficacy. One patient died of septicaemia following septic arthritis. Significant improvement, graded by Ritchie articular index, grip strength, physician's global...