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What is 21 in rate-westergren test?
That depends on your age and sexsee below for more details on this.Note: mm/hr. = millimeters per hour.(sourced from wikipedia)Westergren's original normal values (men 3mm and women 7mm)[5] made no allowance for a person's age and in 1967 it was confirmed that ESR values tend to rise with age and to be generally higher in women.[6] Values are increased in states of anemia,[7] and in black populations.[8]AdultsThe widely used[9] rule for calculating normal maximum ESR values in adults (98% confidence limit) is given by a formula devised in 1983:{\rm ESR}\ (mm/hr) \le \frac {{\rm Age}\ ({\it in\ years}) + 10\ ({\it if\ female})}{2}ESR reference ranges from a large 1996 study with weaker confidence limits:(ESR 95% limits) Age (years)Men-----20 years old 10, 55 years old 14, 90 yearolds 19.Women-20 years old 15, 55 years old 21, 90 yearolds 23.ChildrenNormal values of ESR have been quoted as 1[12] to 2[13] mm/hr at birth, rising to 4 mm/hr 8 days after delivery,[13] and then to 17 mm/hr by day 14.Typical normal ranges quoted are:Newborn: 0 to 2 mm/hrNeonatal to puberty: 3 to 13 mm/hr, but other laboratories place an upper limit of 20. sourced from wikipedia
If a patient has an ESR count of more than 100 what does it mean.?
it showes some inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arteritis or malignancies or some infectious such Kala Azar or TB
