How long does it take for the CRP level to increase?
Hello there
I was discharged home a week ago after a 9-day hospital stay following emergency surgery for a recurring joint infection in my foot.
I take antibiotics regularly.
Since this morning, I've been experiencing the same pain, although a little less, as with the last infection. I can't move it anymore, and even lifting my leg hurts. I don't have a fever, and it's only slightly red. I also have a slight headache and severe nausea with a feeling of illness.
I'm afraid of going to the hospital because of previous bad experiences. They always discharged me because my CRP level was okay, even though I had all the signs of an infection. One day later, I had a level of 80.
It's been 12 hours since the pain started. Can you tell if the CRP level has reacted yet, if at all?
Below is a picture of my 2.5 week scar with the slight redness.
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So as a layman, I don't think it's bad. If I were in your place, I would rather be afraid that I would have to swallow too many antibiotics.
Antibiotics can be fatal if you take too much of it. But you should do it as the doctor told you.
But if you're in treatment, trust the doctors. In addition, you can also think about something and inform yourself with specialist literature, then you can also assess something better than the state of things is
Good Morning,
the CRP basically rises immediately after the start of the so-called acute phase reaction, ie basically immediately when a pathogen stimulates the immune system. However, it only reaches its peak value significantly later. As far as your first performance is concerned, nothing can be said precisely because the local findings are crucial in the case of an inconspicuous laboratory. In the case of younger, overall healthy patients, it is generally less likely to receive inpatient care, than in older people who have corresponding accompanying diseases.
From the picture, the wound looks so irritable, even the surrounding soft part jacket shows irritable conditions. If you have pain in the joint again, you have to decide whether you want to visit a doctor or not. You know yourself how bad it is and therefore you cannot take this decision.
However, I wonder what is now a major concern about a new concept. Go and find out what is offered to you as a procedure.
Is your question answered or is something open?
Love greeting
The general feeling is crucial. the wound seam is not irritable.
I'd go back to the doctor.