High CRP levels

[Spinicki82]

My son has been having fevers every month.  They usually last for 4-5 days.  Sometimes they are 3 weeks apart and sometimes they are 6 wks apart.  His only symptom other than the high fever is an extremely high crp level.  He was just in the hospital for testing and all the virus and bacteria testing came back negative.  His CBC was completely normal.  His CRP was extremely high at 230.  Then the next day his fever dropped and his crp dropped to 125.  The infectious disease dr. has no idea what's causing this.  They are referring him to an rhuematologist.   Has anyone else ever dealt with something like this?

[PlateletGal]

Check out http://www.immed.org and click on "clinical testing" or you may want to consider copying and pasting your message for Prof. Nicolson in the autoimmune diseases (expert) forum.

Best of luck to you... keep us posted !

[Spinicki82]

He is going to a rhuematologist to test for an autoimmune disease.  He was in children's hospital for 4 days last week.  They tested him for every bacteria and virus there is.  All came up negative.

[PlateletGal]

A CRP is an indication of inflammation. Have they ruled out autoimmune diseases and does your son have any other symptoms that you are aware of ? It sounds like he may have an underlying infection and I can tell you that there are tests for various bacterias that the standard medical labs do not perform.