1. CRP

2. At the end …. You will be able to identify:
Whey this test is performing?
When its increase and what's the causes/ risk
factors, how to reduce it.

3. So what's the meaning of CRP and what is it??
C-reactive protein:
A plasma protein that rises in the blood with the
inflammation from certain conditions.

4. When isn't rise!!
What are the causes !?
what an-abnormal result mean??

5. But keep in mind
Small changes can occur after psychological
stress and in sever psychiatric illnesses, also
during the last half of pregnancy or with the
use of birth control pills (oral contraceptives).

6. A positive test means you have inflammation in the
body.

7. Cancer
Connective tissue disease
Heart attack
Infection
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Lupus
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatic fever
Tuberculosis
Heart disease.
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
Cardiovascular disease

8. Risk factors can elevate CRP:
Smoking
Obesity
Diabetic
Sedentary lifestyle
Increased cholesterol
Hypertension and metabolic syndrome.

9. 1) Non-pharmacological methods
2) Drug therapy

10. Non-pharmacological methods
1- Aerobic exercise
2- Smoking cessation
3- Weight loss and diet.

11. One study showed if healthy person eats standard low
saturated fat diet or diet plus plant sterols, soy protein, and
nuts.
In severely obese patients decrees CRP achieved with either
a fat restricted or carbohydrate restricted diet.

12. Drug therapy:
Stations reduce CRP levels (13 to 50 %,).
Lipitor (atorvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin),
Pravachol (pravastatin) and Zocor
(simvastatin) .

13. The American Heart Association and US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention have defined risk
groups as follows:
Low risk: less than 1.0 mg/L
Average risk: 1.0 to 3.0 mg/L
High risk: above 3.0 mg/L

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