CRP Blood Test; What It Measures, Normal Range and High CRP Levels

CRP blood test illustration showing a patient having blood drawn, a labeled CRP test tube sample, and a diagram of C-reactive protein response to inflammation in the body

If your doctor recently ordered a CRP blood test, you may wonder what the result means. CRP stands for C-reactive protein, a protein that your liver produces when inflammation occurs in the body. The test can show that inflammation is present, but it cannot tell your doctor exactly where the inflammation is or what caused […]