Soy in the blood is increased. What does it mean?

In the usual analysis of blood, many indicators are revealed. One of them is ESR. This term is used to refer to the rate of erythrocyte sedimentation. Some patients who do not understand medical concepts can hear the word "soy" instead of "ESR". There are cases when "soy" in the blood is increased or lowered.

What can cause such changes? Let's try to understand this issue.

How is the analysis done?

An anticoagulant is added to the blood in a test tube. In this state, the test material is left in a dark place for one hour. Under the action of gravity, the erythrocytes gradually settle to the very bottom. An hour later, the lab technician measures the height of the plasma column formed in the upper part of this tube. The following parameters are considered normal: 1-10 mm / hour for men and 2-15 mm / hour for women. This analysis plays an important role in the diagnosis of a number of pathologies.

Increased rate

So, why is "soy" in blood raised? There are many reasons for this change. First of all, these are inflammatory processes, especially those related to infectious or purulent diseases. The next reason is ailments associated with improper metabolism, as well as tumors, syphilis, rheumatism, tonsillitis, tuberculosis, thrombosis and cirrhosis of the liver. Increased "soy" in the blood is also observed in anemia. With the increase in the course of the disease, as a rule, this indicator only increases. Therefore, it is very important to observe the growth (or decrease) of ESR in dynamics.

Exception can only be pregnancy. In young women in the period of bearing a baby, as a rule, "soy" in the blood is increased several times. And this is the norm. An increase in this indicator can also be caused by non-inflammatory diseases, such as anemia, various pathologies of the kidneys and liver, as well as malignancies, heart attacks or strokes, frequent blood transfusions, or even vaccine therapy. Fractures and injuries of bones, intoxication, post-shock state, collagenoses, hyperfibrinogenemia can also cause changes in this laboratory indicator.

Reduction of ESR

Deceleration of sedimentation rate usually occurs with certain liver diseases, stomach pathology. Also, this sign may indicate a condition such as erythrocytosis. In this disease, there is an increased content of red bodies in the blood, which leads to its excessive viscosity.

Children

If the kids "soy" in the blood is increased by 20-30 units, this indicates the severity of the inflammatory process. In this case, a thorough examination of the child is mandatory. In children up to two years, the norm is 5-7 mm / h, after 2 years - 8 mm / h. In older children this indicator is 12-15 mm / h. After the disease, the level of ESR comes back to normal not immediately.

As a rule, it may take a month and a half to restore the red blood cells. Therefore, after thirty days, a second analysis should be performed. Due to this, it is possible to draw more precise conclusions regarding the degree of the development of the disease. Various non-infectious factors can also cause a child to have a condition in which "soy" in the blood will be increased. These include helminthiosis, beriberi, teething, taking drugs based on paracetamol, etc.