* Iron 190 ug/dL
* Ferratin 20 ng/dL
And his D3 is low (which is little weird because we live in California and are outside often)
* Calcidiol+ercalcidiol 26 ng/mL
He does not take iron supplements, he eats a lot of red meat and mango (and pineapple juice...). He did not fast for the test. He had eggs for breakfast and lamb the night before. His pediatrician suggested he might have hemochromatosis, but wouldn't he need to also need to have high ferritin for that diagnosis?
He takes magnesium and pregnenolone regularly and occasionally a couple B vitamins (no B12). And we've been trying Saffron to help with ADHD symptoms.
Also, a few days after the bloodtest we realized he had covid. So maybe the weirdly high iron is due to inflammation from getting sick? The doctor said inflammation usually causes ferritin to get higher so she doesn't think that's it.
We'll retest him in a couple of weeks. For now he's mostly eating dairy and eggs and less high C foods. I don't know.
My life is a little chaotic at the moment, looking for some ideas... I used to have the time to do an insane amount of research on something like this, did some poking around. Looking for help!
Thank you!
* Ferratin 20 ng/dL
And his D3 is low (which is little weird because we live in California and are outside often)
* Calcidiol+ercalcidiol 26 ng/mL
He does not take iron supplements, he eats a lot of red meat and mango (and pineapple juice...). He did not fast for the test. He had eggs for breakfast and lamb the night before. His pediatrician suggested he might have hemochromatosis, but wouldn't he need to also need to have high ferritin for that diagnosis?
He takes magnesium and pregnenolone regularly and occasionally a couple B vitamins (no B12). And we've been trying Saffron to help with ADHD symptoms.
Also, a few days after the bloodtest we realized he had covid. So maybe the weirdly high iron is due to inflammation from getting sick? The doctor said inflammation usually causes ferritin to get higher so she doesn't think that's it.
We'll retest him in a couple of weeks. For now he's mostly eating dairy and eggs and less high C foods. I don't know.
My life is a little chaotic at the moment, looking for some ideas... I used to have the time to do an insane amount of research on something like this, did some poking around. Looking for help!
Thank you!
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