Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Alternative Measures of Inflammation

23 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video discussing that standard inflammatory tests (CRP, sed rate) can be normal despite patients experiencing real inflammation; the speaker emphasizes alternative measures, validating patients' experiences, and educational outreach via podcasts and webinars. The content appears conversational and aimed at clinicians or patients.

Often when patients say they're inflamed and their doctors will do a CRP or a sed rate, and they'll go, those are normal. So you're not inflamed. There are other measures of inflammation that we're learning about to help patients understand. Yup. It's not in your head. It's very real. Let's figure out what this is so we can move ahead. And then I. I do a lot of what I'm doing with you, Aaron. I do a ton of podcasts and a lot of webinars, so I'm trying to teach people what I know.