[Vijayabharathi_C]

High ESR

by Vijayabharathi_C on Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:16 am

My mother was diagonsed with multiple myeloma last may 2011, went 6 cycles of Revlimid 25mg. After electrophorosis we found M.Protein to be nil. But not able to do SCT due to some circumstances, we followed conventional theraphy. Disease relapsed on Aug 2012 and after 3 cycles of Velcade, again M-protein is Nil.. Again conventional maintainence for last few days.. But now today on regular blood test, we found high ESR = 61. wbc count also decreased to 4.1. All other paramters are normal

Kindly advise whether we had to concern..

[Vijayabharathi_c]

Re: High ESR

by Vijayabharathi_c on Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:57 am

Yestereday we took again the ESR test, it was found to be again 60(abnormal value)... In what way ESR is related to myeloma? Can anybody advise me on this

[Vijayabharathi_c]

Re: High ESR

by Vijayabharathi_c on Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:00 am

we took last Electrophorosis test on Feb 22, the result is M-Protein = Nil

[Dr. Jason Valent]

Re: High ESR

by Dr. Jason Valent on Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:01 pm

The ESR is not a specific marker of myeloma. It may be elevated in older patients for other reasons that are not necessarily a problem.

[vijayabharathi_c]

Re: High ESR

by vijayabharathi_c on Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:47 pm

Thanks Dr.Jason. Yes offcourse ESR is varying for past few months. Two weeks back we took, it dropped to 16.Last week we went for routine SPEP, and we found M-Protein as Nil.ESR become now 40. She is currently in Revlimid maintainence, as like earlier she is suffering from myelosuppression due to side effect of Revlimid.Today we took the blood count, we found WBC count to be 2.8, alarming low. Current myeloma specialist we are referring, asked us to stop the medicine for another week, if WBC count improves, start the maintainence again..