Blood tests showed hypochromic microcytic anaemia (haemoglobin 9.2 g/dl), mild eosinophilia (558 eosinophils/μl), hyperglycaemia (265 mg/dl), increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (99 mm/h, normal values <13) and CRP (8.43 mg/dl, normal values <1). Here, CRP is linked to anemia.