Please Help With Confusing Iron Test

[ToLive_IsToFly]

Hello everyone, long time lurker here. I was hoping to get some help with my recent iron blood tests. I have low ferritin and high normal iron. I know high iron is dangerous and needs to be reduced but Im wondering if something else is going on.

FERRITIN (ng/mL) 28 Range: 38-380

IRON, TOTAL (mcg/dL) 168 Range: 50-180

 

[ToLive_IsToFly]

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[Constatine]

Do you take lactoferrin or something similar? From what I've read it seems that substances that can transport iron similar to ferritin (like lactoferrin) can lower ferritin while maintaining iron levels.

 

[tankasnowgod]

Hello everyone, long time lurker here. I was hoping to get some help with my recent iron blood tests. I have low ferritin and high normal iron. I know high iron is dangerous and needs to be reduced but Im wondering if something else is going on.

FERRITIN (ng/mL) 28 Range: 38-380

IRON, TOTAL (mcg/dL) 168 Range: 50-180

Ferritin is the best marker of overall body iron stores. I have to assume the other marker is serum iron, which fluctuates wildly. The same person could test near the bottom of the range and near the top in a matter of hours by going to a steakhouse. Serum iron responded to lots of things, including meals. Ferritin would not spike simply by eating at a steakhouse.

If you didn't do the test fasting, then that could be the reason serum iron is near the top of the range.

 

[Hans]

Hello everyone, long time lurker here. I was hoping to get some help with my recent iron blood tests. I have low ferritin and high normal iron. I know high iron is dangerous and needs to be reduced but Im wondering if something else is going on.

FERRITIN (ng/mL) 28 Range: 38-380

IRON, TOTAL (mcg/dL) 168 Range: 50-180

It would be good if you can also test transferrin saturation, transferrin receptor and ceruloplasmin.
I did an article on interpreting iron labs, so hopefully, it can be of help to you: How to interpret your iron panel blood test for optimal energy and health » MenElite

 

[ToLive_IsToFly]

Thanks for all the input.

@constantine, no I don’t take lactoferrin or any iron supps

@tankasnowgod the test was done during a fasted state. No major protein meal eaten night before.

@Hans funny I had just finished reading that yesterday. Great write up with lots of good info I hadn’t seen before.

After doing some more research I’m thinking I have borderline Hypoferritinemia without anemia. This can be caused by long term blood loss which Ive had from a bad case of internal hemorrhoids.

The recommended surgical approach has too many risks/complications. But Ive tried just about every natural treatment out there with no help. A couple days ago I came across this post in earth clinic and for the first time it seems my hems are shrinking. I tried garlic suppositories before but not this type of garlic total war. Hope this helps anyone else suffering from internal hems.

Garlic for Hemorrhoids - 12 Reviews - Earth Clinic®
Dr.p.prabhu from India
October 23, 2017 at 10:41 am
An intro about myself, I am a board certified dental surgeon. Very interested in natural healing.

I had internal haemorrhoids for the past 5 years, and after I started taking supplements it vanished, but last month symptoms started again, and it usually comes out during defecation and it could be reduced with finger pressure, that went on for a few months and all of a sudden I had a bigger prolapse and it couldn't be reduced. I consulted a general surgeon, who told me it was a grade 4 internal haemorrhoid and it needs surgical removal. I was not interested, opened you tube to hear many testimonials about garlic suppositories for healing haemorrhoids, as I believed in natural healing, but still being trained in conventional medicine did not have complete faith in it and decided to try it half heartedly-

I placed a single clove of garlic as a suppositorie for ten days, ate 3 cloves of raw garlic every night, also placed garlic as a poultice (crushed garlic) with coconut oil in a gauze directly on the popped out haemorrhoid lesion. And sometimes aloe Vera gel as a poultice. I couldn't believe myself, 10days- my symptoms vanished and haemorrhoids completely gone! Amazing, what a miracle.