I'm trying to understand if the SED rate on my recent blood work (which was excellent according to my doctor) was showing as higher than desired as MS is an inflammatory disease?

My understanding is that this test is to look for inflammation in part. So would most with MS in any degree of activity of the disease then potentially register a higher SED rate than a person without MS?

I know that higher SED is seen in arthritis, which I do have a bit of in my jaw, but I was curious if those of us with MS commonly show up with higher numbers?

My SED was 27 (don't know if Canada and USA etc use the same numbers). I believe the desired is 20.. but I saw numbers in the 100s for folks with rheumatoid arthritis and such in various articles.