I-ESR, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-erythrocyte sedimentation rate, inxulumene ne-plasma viscosity, ngakumbi amandla okudibanisa phakathi kwe-erythrocytes.Amandla okudibanisa phakathi kweeseli ezibomvu zegazi makhulu, isantya se-erythrocyte sedimentation siyakhawuleza, kwaye ngokuphambene.Ngoko ke, izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation lihlala lisetyenziswa kwikliniki njengesalathisi se-inter-erythrocyte aggregation.I-ESR luvavanyo olungeyodwa kwaye ayinakusetyenziswa yodwa ukuxilonga nasiphi na isifo.

I-ESR isetyenziswa ikakhulu kwiklinikhi:

1. Ukuqwalasela utshintsho kunye nemiphumo yonyango yesifo sofuba kunye ne-rheumatic fever, i-ESR ekhawulezayo ibonisa ukuba eso sifo siphindaphinda kwaye sisebenza;xa isifo siphucula okanye siyeka, i-ESR iyancipha ngokuthe ngcembe.Ikwasetyenziswa njengesalathiso kuxilongo.

2. Ukuxilongwa okungafaniyo kwezifo ezithile, ezifana ne-myocardial infarction kunye ne-angina pectoris, umhlaza wesisu kunye nesilonda sesisu, ubunzima bomhlaza we-pelvic kunye ne-cyst ye-ovarian engathandekiyo.I-ESR yanda kakhulu kwixesha langaphambili, ngelixa le yokugqibela yayiqhelekile okanye yanda kancinci.

3. Kwizigulane ezine-myeloma ezininzi, inani elikhulu le-globulin engavamile livela kwi-plasma, kwaye izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation likhawuleza kakhulu.Izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation lingasetyenziselwa njengenye yezibonakaliso ezibalulekileyo zokuxilonga.

4. I-ESR ingasetyenziswa njengesalathisi sebhubhoratri yomsebenzi we-rheumatoid arthritis.Xa isigulane sibuya, izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation linganciphisa.Nangona kunjalo, ukuqwalaselwa kweklinikhi kubonisa ukuba kwezinye izigulana ezine-rheumatoid arthritis, izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation rate linganciphisa (kungekhona ukuba liqhelekileyo) ngelixa iimpawu kunye neempawu ezifana nentlungu edibeneyo, ukudumba kunye nokuqina kwentsasa ziphuculwe, kodwa kwezinye izigulane, nangona ikliniki iimpawu ezidibeneyo ziye zanyamalala ngokupheleleyo, kodwa izinga le-erythrocyte sedimentation alizange liyeke, kwaye ligcinwe kwinqanaba eliphezulu.