hello doctor,my mother is 59 yrs old...recently she had a checkup in which her bloodtest showed normal results except for esr which is 65...dr advised not to take any medication,as her kidney functioning and all is normal..she has a family history of arthritis .2 days back,she again went for an x-ray for her backpain and dr asked to take an mri scan ....i am worried about her whether she is having multiple myeloma,she doesn t have any other symptoms...pls help,family doctor said 90%chance for osteoporosis and 10% multiple myloma.If its MM can she be cured
Dear friend Please don't worry, not all patients with raised ESR have Multiple myeloma, simple test for multiple myeloma is hence Jones protein test in urine. Now as for back pain she could have simple spondylosis or may be Rheumatoid arthritis also get MRI spine done and get RA factor checked in blood. Regards