Important to Your Life-The Test We All Need

Just a quickie healthy U note-

Dr. Rosenfeld, preeminent celebrity physician, talked about C Reactive Protein on TV this AM.  Hopefully that will get more people asking to have the test.

I've written about how a year ago I asked my cardiologist to include a C Reactive Protein test in my routine blood test. It was not well known at the time.   The result of the first test found my CRP very high.  My cardiologist was concerned, but didn't know what could be done to lower it.  He had heard that it was becoming known as a predictor of possible heart problem, but the information was scarce. 

My primary care physician shrugged her shoulders and said, 'well with your  heart disease, I'm not surprised:.  She didn't know that  it was suspected that a high  CRP could lead to heart disease and stroke. 

Six months later, I again requested the CRP test and this time it was lowered by half.  How did that happen if my cardiologist and primary care Dr. didn't know what to do?

(sorry, it's not a quickie note.  This is too important to skim over)

I posted pertinent information on my Quick Tips 4 U blog at

http://quicktips4u.blogspot.com/

This morning I heard another Dr. talk about this on TV, referring to it as an important issue, along with cholesterol lowering drugs.

He said that even if your cholesterol level is satisfactory, your C reactive protein level could be high.

Read more information at

http://quicktips4u.blogspot.com/