Patient's question:
High fever with sore throat. Past treatment and effectiveness: Intravenous drip and antipyretic injections. How much help did it provide: Explain to me which aspect of the problem the CRP reaction refers to.Doctor's answer:
Guidance: When bacterial infection causes inflammation, CRP can begin to decrease within 4 to 7 hours after the onset of the inflammatory process, and the extent of the decrease is consistent with the severity of the bacterial infection. During viral infections, CRP does not rise, which helps differentiate the nature of the infection, guiding clinical diagnosis and treatment, reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, and effectively preventing antibiotic misuse. These infections are commonly seen in clinical diagnosis, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, pharyngitis, bacterial meningitis, typhoid fever, suppurative arthritis, urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, appendicitis, and so on.