Symptoms with increased inflammation parameters
Laboratory values in general cannot usually be associated with specific symptoms, especially since they can vary greatly from individual to individual. As markers for certain processes in the body, they can only provide indications of pathological processes or their course. This is all the more the case with inflammation values, as these are very unspecific markers.
For example, inflammation values can be elevated or too low in a large number of diseases. These include both autoimmune diseases, which in themselves represent a very large field of diseases with extremely different symptoms, and tumor diseases, which in turn show very different signs of disease depending on the type of tumor. Most importantly, however, inflammatory values are in many cases also associated with inflammatory processes. If the inflammation parameters actually correlate with inflammation, general symptoms such as fatigue, fever and pain at the inflamed site can be expected. On the other hand, it is important to note that elevated inflammation values in some cases have no disease value at all and no disease can be found in the affected patient that could provide an explanation for the elevated values.
Causes for greatly increased inflammation values
Highly elevated inflammation values (e.g. a CRP value of more than 100 mg/dl) in blood laboratory diagnostics are always an alarm signal and should result in immediate further diagnostics. A whole range of different diseases can be the cause of a sharp increase in inflammatory parameters. However, it is hardly possible to determine which disease exactly is responsible for increased inflammation values by looking at these laboratory values alone.These include serious bacterial infections, such as meningitis or pneumonia or even sepsis (blood poisoning).
Also possible is a complicated inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) or active rheumatic diseases, as well as chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis). Large tumors are also conceivable. At the same time, increased inflammation values can also simply be the result of extensive surgery. and causes of increased CRP values
