Fri-07-07-2017, 21:23 PM
(Fri-07-07-2017, 19:06 PM)mataribot Wrote: CRP is somewhat of a useless metric in most cases for PsA. Think of it as a quick change in inflammation. First, a doctor must find your baseline (the older the higher typically) and then must rule out other causes of inflammation (heart disease for example). I'm not sure why it's still used, but denial of medication.
Mmmmmmm not sure it's useless Mata, mine definitely goes up when the psoriatic arthritis is bad and goes down when it's good. I have always noticed a high result when it's bad, and now the psoriatic arthritis is as good as gone it's < 1. So to me it's conformation that the psoriatic arthritis is better (not that I needed it as I can feel the difference) but it's nice to see it in black and white.