Hematology Test Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes
Vacuum Blood Collection tubes including several color-topped tubes, such ESR tubes, Heparin Tubes, Gel Tubes, PT Tubes, Plain or Serum Tubes, Heparin Tubes, and EDTA K2 Tubes.
Today we introduce ESR test to you.
The ESR test measures the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which is how quickly red blood cells settle at the bottom of a blood sample. Doctors cannot use the results of the test to diagnose a specific disease because many different health conditions can cause the ESR to be high or low.
Doctors call the ESR test a nonspecific test, as it only confirms the presence or absence of inflammatory activity in the body. Doctors typically use other lab tests, clinical findings, and the person`s health history alongside ESR test results to make a diagnosis.
Inflammation usually occurs in the body as a result of underlying medical conditions, such as infection, cancer, or an autoimmune disease.
Doctors also use the ESR test to monitor how conditions, such as those below, are progressing or responding to treatment.
rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation in the joints
temporal arteritis, a type of blood vessel inflammation
polymyalgia rheuma