Can the C reactive protein ( CRP) levels go up with excercise ?

Question

My CRP level was 27 mg/ dl . Is this very high ? I was late for the lab appointment and was running quite a lot before the test and wondering if this could have affected the result.

Answer 1

Recent research shows that having a high C-Reactive Protein blood test increases your risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke by twice as much as having a high cholesterol. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) measures inflammation, part of the immune reaction that protects you from infection when you injure yourself. It causes redness, pain and swelling, and can damage the inner lining of arteries, and break off clots from arteries to block the flow of blood to cause strokes and heart attacks.
C-Reactive Protein levels fluctuate from day to day, and levels increase with aging, high blood pressure, alcohol use, smoking, low levels of physical activity, chronic fatigue, coffee consumption, having elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance or diabetes, taking estrogen, eating a high protein diet, and suffering sleep disturbances, or depression. If you have none of these known causes, at this time the best ways we know to reduce C-Reactive Protein levels are exercise and a diet that includes omega-3 fatty acids . Statins appear to protect against inflammation as well as cholesterol, but they can cause nerve and muscle damage and deplete the body of co-enzyme Q10.
IF YOU HAVE A HIGH C REACTIVE PROTEIN, try to correct the known causes: infection, high blood pressure, alcohol use, smoking, low levels of physical activity, chronic fatigue, coffee consumption, having elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance or diabetes, taking estrogen, eating a high protein diet, and suffering sleep disturbances, or depression.

Answer 2

CRP level go up usually relate to inflammation of some where in the body could direct result of infections.I guess your son already has seizure disorder,if he is very young fever alone can trigger seizure.The questions is why he has fever due to infections;very commen is virus type but can be other etiology.Hopefully his infection is not involve to his nervous system;such as meningitis.Because this kind of infection also could have seizure.Seizure if not create inflammations should not make CRP high.