Does pH affect the erythrocyte sedimentation rate? why?
Answers: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate measured by the Westergren method is marginally affected by age, see, and blood storage.
The site below suggests things that will alter ERS but pH is not one listed.
Blood pH does affect cellular metabolism. Most enzymes function singular within a come to a point pH range. ESR is just a measure (in a common sense) of inflammation. Fibrinogen, a clotting protein which affects ESR, are increased in acidotic conditions, so the correlation would be that ESR rates would be increased within acidotic blood samples, as opposing those of the normal physiological pH compass. (see the attached article, it was perform on dogs, but can be extrapolated to humans)
http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/repr...
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