That is a really high C-reactive protein!
Mine jumped from .5 to 1.5 during a root canal procedure!
My doctor was alarmed. She says anything over 1.0 is serious.
One can reduce C-reactive protein with Vit C!
Here is a study on that:
Quote:
Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jan 1;46(1):70-7. Epub 2008 Oct 10.
Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein.
Block G, Jensen CD, Dalvi TB, Norkus EP, Hudes M, Crawford PB, Holland N, Fung EB, Schumacher L, Harmatz P.
University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA. gblock@berkeley.edu
Abstract
Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory biomarker that predicts cardiovascular disease. Lowering elevated CRP with statins has reduced the incidence of cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether vitamin C or E could reduce CRP. Healthy nonsmokers (N=396) were randomized to three groups, 1000 mg/day vitamin C, 800 IU/day vitamin E, or placebo, for 2 months. Median baseline CRP was low, 0.85 mg/L. No treatment effect was seen when all participants were included. However, a significant interaction was found, indicating that treatment effect depends on baseline CRP concentration. Among participants with CRP indicative of elevated cardiovascular risk (> or =1.0 mg/L), vitamin C reduced the median CRP by 25.3% vs placebo (p=0.02) (median reduction in the vitamin C group, 0.25 mg/L, 16.7%). These effects are similar to those of statins. The vitamin E effect was not significant. In summary, treatment with vitamin C but not vitamin E significantly reduced CRP among individuals with CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Among the obese, 75% had CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Research is needed to determine whether reducing this inflammatory biomarker with vitamin C could reduce diseases associated with obesity. But research on clinical benefits of antioxidants should limit participants to persons with elevations in the target biomarkers.
PMID: 18952164 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]PMCID: PMC263157
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Eating smaller meals, more often may help. This controls insulin release. Avoidance of sugar, caffeine, alcohol may help with sweating too. See if eating a small protein dense snack (with low carb content) before bedtime, helps some. That would point you in the metabolic direction.
Heavy sweating may be:
1) hormonal
2) metabolic (pancreas, thyroid)
3) dietary (sugar highs/lows)
4) inflammatory/infectious
5) drug induced -- many drugs cause sweating
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