CRP

• The test material is blood.
• The patient does not need to be fasting.About 30 minutes before the test, it is advisable to drink a glass of water or bitter(unsweetened) tea.

CRP is a protein formed in the liver, belongs to the group of "acute phase proteins": it binds to the cell membrane of cells of pathogenic microorganisms (pneumococci). It precedes the onset of elevated ESR in inflammatory processes and cancer; it normalizes faster than the elevated ESR in the healing process. CRP binding to cells of pathogenic microorganisms "marks" them for phagocytes. Importance of the test: a test to confirm and monitor the course of acute inflammatory diseases, neoplastic processes, as well as diseases proceeding with tissue destruction. Differentiating between bacterial and viral infections (with viral infections only a slight increase in CRP. Abnormal values: in mainly bacterial infections, in diseases proceeding with tissue damage.

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