Does high ESR level shown on blood test lead to cancer?
Patient: Hello I am chatting from kuwait ..I have been in pain due to swelling feet and today had several blood test and X-rays  and the result was my ESR is 105 high.. They have required an MRI XRay  started to worry about my situation .. May question is does a high ESR cause cancer? And do I really need to have the MRI test. will be having the MRI X-ray tomorrow morning and I am hesitating about itYour feedback is highly appreciated Doctor: In very rare cases high ESR may be there in cancers. there are many other causes of raised ESR which include chronic infective conditions like tuberculosis and infectinos of varied etiologies. Also it may be due to inflammatory conditions of bones, joints and other organs of the body. Before thinking of cancer please rule out other conditions.Dr. J. Ticku