OK, but what kind of doctor is it that orders these tests?
OK, but what kind of doctor is it that orders these tests?
Just call me "B".
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"How's it going?"
"Like crap."
My rheumy does. I get them monthly. They need those labs. They caught my Prednisone induced diabetes through the labs.
My rheumy (at Cleveland Clinic) actually specifies the labs I have done each month. My PCP (at Ohio State) follows her lead in actually ordering the lab to do the tests. I make sure my rheumy gets a copy of the results.
Pete
dx 1/11
"Every day is a good day. Some are better than others." - unknown
"Take your meds as directed and live your life as fully as you can." - Michael Chacey, MD
I have definitely heard that lisinopril can cause coughs.
Here is more info on HS-CRP
hs-CRP: The Test | High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein
Yes on the lisinopril. I coughed my head off for months until someone finally figured it was the lisinopril.
Any kind of doctor can order these tests, and will, if they think they have a reason. Most WG patients are treated by rheumatologists as their primary WG doc, so they are the ones who end up doing it. My WG doc is not a rheumy, he is a pulmonologist, and he does it. Years ago, a PA (physician's assistant, not a doctor) ordered blood tests for inflammation markers when she thought I might have RA because of my joint pain, which in retrospect, was probably undiagnosed, smoldering WG. By the time the test was done, though, the joint pain had subsided, so the results didn't indicate much in the way of inflammation.
My current WG doc only tests for SED rate, not CRP. My most recent result showed a SED rate of 16, which is normal, and I'm happy about that. When I had a flare in the winter of this year, it was up to 57, and he said that with my initial flare that got me diagnosed, it was over 100.
Anne, dx'ed April 2011
My highest low-sensitivity CRP was 92 as I was diagnosed in Dec 2013. It dropped pretty quickly down to below 30 and then gradually down below 10 by April -- where it has remained (thankfully).
I also have a rheumatologist at Cleveland Clinic who manages my case and orders the blood tests. But I live 4 hours away and so my local rheumy implements the plan. I make sure my local blood test results are faxed to my Cleveland doc. (Monthly tests at this stage.)
153.35 ---- I was pretty sick!
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