Gut inflammation can cause high CRP and having a high CRP of 45 mg/L in people with IBS predicts with the high certainty that you may need a colectomy and reflects severe ongoing and also uncontrollable gut inflammation.
High CRP can mean IBS but it can also mean other infections.
CRP levels however are high in IBS patients so it can be an indication of IBS especially if you have other symptoms of IBS.
Symptoms of IBS are bloating, fullness, burning, distention, cramping and sharp pain which can be triggered by eating certain foods, following a meal, emotional stress, constipation and diarrhea.
Mucus in the poop is also another sign and symptom of IBS.
High CRP can be bacterial or viral although most high CRP cases are a result of bacterial infections.
The most common cause of high CRP is fungal or bacterial infections.
Bacterial infections are responsible for causing 90 percent of high CRP cases which involve CRP levels higher than 50 mg/l.
Dehydration can cause high CRP levels and even certain dietary habits can also cause high CRP levels and indicate a dangerous level of inflammation in your body.
The infections that cause high CRP are adenovirus and the influenza virus infections.
High CRP values and levels are also usually found in pneumonia infections as well.
The autoimmune disease that causes high CRP is rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus and certain types of inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease and also ulcerative colitis.
Pericarditis which is the inflammaton of the lining of your heart also causes high CRP.
The cancers that cause high CRP levels are pancreatic cancer, malignant lymphoma, non small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer and soft tissue sarcoma.
CRP in rheumatoid arthritis is as high as >20 mg/L.
Rheumatoid arthritis related immune dysfunction may be a direct factor leading to the increased risk of infection in RA patients.
Also in addition, the inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP), the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and white blood cell (WBC) counts are also elevated in the acute phase of RA.
In osteoarthritis CRP is as high as 3/mg/L
A CRP level of over 50 mg/dL is linked to bacterial infections 90% of the time.
These include hepatitis C, dengue, and malaria.
A normal CRP level for chronic inflammation is 0.3 to 1.0 mg/dL.
1.0 to 10.0 mg/dL is moderate elevation, more than 10.0 mg/dL is marked elevation and more than 50.0 mg/dL is severe elevation.
The cancers that have high C-reactive protein are pancreatic cancer, malignant lymphoma, non small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer and soft tissue sarcoma.
C-reactive protein is not a tumor marker although serum levels of C-reactive protein or CRP are often used as prognostic and risk markers in some cancers such as colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and lung cancer.
Serum CRP levels are also sometimes used as a prognostic marker in melanoma cancer.
C-reactive protein or CRP is an objective marker of inflammation and, in gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease and acute pancreatitis, it's levels correlate well with clinical disease activity.
The C-reactive protein is an annular pentameric protein that is found in blood plasma, whose circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation.
C-reactive protein is an acute-phase protein of hepatic origin that increases following interleukin-6 secretion by macrophages and T cells.
Having high levels of CRP can mean you have a serious health condition that causes inflammation.
Inflammation is the body's way of protecting your tissues and helping them heal from an injury, infection, or other disease.
Inflammation in the body can be acute (sudden) and temporary.
More than 10.0 mg/dL: Marked elevation (Acute bacterial infections, viral infections, systemic vasculitis, major trauma).
More than 50.0 mg/dL: Severe elevation (Acute bacterial infections).
The best way to lower CRP is through exercise, weight loss, and dietary control and of course those are all proven already to lower vascular risk.
In a healthy adult, a CRP value less than 3 mg/L is considered normal.
The CRP values above 3 mg/L may indicate inflammation.
The degree of inflammation is often reflected in the magnitude of the CRP value, and higher levels may indicate more severe inflammation.