I assume theyre trying to rule out anything rheumatological, which would indeed result in raised inflammatory markers if you have symptoms.
My symptoms sound serious to me, but the doctor said otherwise. Am I crazy?21M. Been experiencing this for 4 months and its gradually getting worse. Ive been suffering from headaches and chronic arthritic type pain in my shoulders. My neck is stiff and is tight when I turn it from side to side. The centre of my neck is strained, im in a lot of pain and its stopping me from doing my job and uni work. Sometimes its dull and sometimes its really bad when it flares up, but its always there.They said they dont think its anything serious i.e. muscle tension, but theyll do my bloods anyway to check for inflammation. Im just concerned that nothing will show up if they do my bloods when the pain is dull and ill go back to being in pain all the time and I dont want to seem like im crazy going back to see them. If its something serious will it always show up as inflamed? Thanks