Esr Blood Test

[mintymow]

What is the above blood test for?

[factor-fiction]

Does this help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate

[boxtops]

It tells you partway down the page here http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Blood-tests/Pages/What-it-is-used-for.aspx

[mintymow]

Thanks for the help, I had a whole list of blood tests done and this was the only one for which I am being rechecked. Not sure where any inflammation might be except I have a Bakers cyst and a lot of fluid round the knee but GP not convinced that has anything to do with it. But then again she hasn't seen my knee recently.

[Sqad]

This is a rather non-specific test with minimal diagnostic value.
It is used mainly to assess the effectiveness of a particular treatment, i.e if the ESR is falling, the treatment is working.

All a raised ESR does is to tell you that something may be going on.....it doesn't tell you what.

E.S.R ..Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.

Anything above 40+ is a bit "dodgy.