ESR CRP and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Stuart: We're basing the diagnosis on the clinical findings, small joint arthritis. He says that every clue, it goes up with age. The ESR CRP test is a cheap and easy test to do in cases where I clearly suspect a rheumatoid problem but also where I see people have different aches and pains for different reasons. Stuart: It's not really a junk term like a lot of people tend to think of it as; sometimes you just never really know.