What does high ultrasensitive c-reactive protein mean?

When ultrasensitive C-reactive protein is elevated, it is often indicative of acute inflammation as well as tissue damage and cardiovascular disease in patients. Ultrasensitive C-reactive protein is a plasma C-reactive protein, also known as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. It is the most sensitive and earliest substance in the body to reflect inflammatory infections. 1. Inflammatory infections: Ultrasensitive C-reactive protein is a kind of inflammatory response factor, when the C-reactive protein level is elevated, it suggests that the patient has a serious inflammatory response, which may be bacterial infections, viral infections, pathogenic mycoplasma infections and so on. Blood culture can be carried out to clarify the pathogenic bacteria, and then choose reasonable drugs for treatment. 2. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: When patients have acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction, they will also be accompanied by an increase in ultrasensitive C-reactive protein, and the degree of this increase is often positively correlated with the severity of the disease. Therefore, we can refer to the C-reactive protein level to assess the patient’s condition. 3. Tissue damage: when the organs of the body are damaged, such as the patient suffered trauma and some surgical procedures and some rheumatic immune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, can also cause the body’s ultrasensitive C-reactive protein increase, and the value of this increase and the severity of the disease is positively correlated. If you have a high ultra-sensitive C-reactive protein, you should consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease and then actively carry out targeted treatment.