The causes of elevated blood sedimentation in women are physiological and pathological. In general, a blood sedimentation of 34 mm/hour in women is not serious if it is physiologically elevated; pathologically elevated, it is serious.
Hematocrit is the sedimentation rate of red blood cells. It refers to the rate of sedimentation of red blood cells in the blood vessels of the human body over a period of 1 hour. The normal reference range for erythrocyte sedimentation rate in women is 0 to 20 millimeters per hour.
1. Not serious: if menstruation, pregnancy belongs to the physiological acceleration of blood sedimentation, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate may be more than 20 millimeters per hour, the elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate in this case may be due to the human body’s sex hormones, it is normal and not serious.
2. Serious: If the patient suffers from rheumatic fever, acute infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases, etc., the elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate in this case may be due to a certain blood disease, malignant tumors, etc., which is serious at this time.
Note that, after excluding physiological factors, the blood sedimentation rate of 34 mm/hour in women is recommended to go to the regular hospital for further examination.