What is the blood sedimentation rate for tuberculosis?

Patients with active tuberculosis may experience increased sedimentation rate, which has no specific value. A value greater than 15 mm/h in men and 20 mm/h in women is indicative of a rapid sedimentation rate. The size of the sedimentation rate is not directly related to the severity of the TB patient’s condition or the degree of infectiousness. In patients with tuberculosis, changes in blood sedimentation are regularly monitored during the course of treatment. If the blood sedimentation continues to fall, it also suggests that the anti-tuberculosis treatment is effective. Therefore, the most important thing is that patients with tuberculosis need regular anti-tuberculosis treatment, in the process of anti-tuberculosis treatment, need to regularly review the lung CT, as well as changes in blood sedimentation to assess the efficacy of treatment.