Plasma viscosity and ESR results give very similar information. Plasma Viscosity tests are performed at GRH. Their main use is as an objective guide to the underlying activity of certain chronic inflammatory diseases such as temporal arteritis or rheumatoid arthritis. The value of these tests is limited by lack of specificity. infection, neoplasm or inflammatory disease). the increase in assorted plasma proteins and fibrinogen in blood plasma stimulated by a variety of causes (e.g. The Plasma Viscosity, alongside the ESR and C-Reactive Protein tests, gives a measure of the acute phase response i.e.
