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Can Breast Cancer Cause High ESR In Blood?

My wife has esr count of 65.recently a small lump of 17 mm detected in one breast.FNAC has been advised and to be done shortly.she has hypothyroid problem forlast several years and takes 50 mg medicine every day.is high esr due to possible breast cancer?
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
There are many causes of high ESR. Anemia, infection, inflammation, tuberculosis, autoimmune disease, paraproteinemia, malignancy all can leads to high ESR. If your wife has breast lump then she has chances of breast cancer. she should go for mammography and fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy. It will give you exact diagnosis. Then she should take treatment accordingly. Continue her drug for thyroid problem.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you.
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Wish you a very good health
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Can Breast Cancer Cause High ESR In Blood?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. There are many causes of high ESR. Anemia, infection, inflammation, tuberculosis, autoimmune disease, paraproteinemia, malignancy all can leads to high ESR. If your wife has breast lump then she has chances of breast cancer. she should go for mammography and fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy. It will give you exact diagnosis. Then she should take treatment accordingly. Continue her drug for thyroid problem. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health