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HRT in Women
Do these Iron labs look Ok for my wife?
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<blockquote data-quote="Saul" data-source="post: 82362" data-attributes="member: 16541"><p>Her ferritin was high. Ferritin (a protein) is an indicator of iron stores in the body organs (not the blood). But, other factors such as inflammation and other issues can cause high ferritin (alcohol, fatty liver . .. ). If high ferritin is due to high iron, donating a unit of blood typically drops ferritin by 30 to 50 points. The large drop in your wife's ferritin is likely due to something other than high iron stores. I don't think you need to supplement with iron. Don't start changing a bunch of things until you better understand why the ferritin was high due to factors other than iron levels. In any event, the ferritin levels were not crazy high and are in range now. I would wait a month and retest and get doctor input. Discount labs has a cheap ferritin test that may be helpful. I am not a dr so take what I say with a grain of salt. I have HH so I have researched ferritin. I started around 470 and after about 6 blood draws I am at ~ 300.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saul, post: 82362, member: 16541"] Her ferritin was high. Ferritin (a protein) is an indicator of iron stores in the body organs (not the blood). But, other factors such as inflammation and other issues can cause high ferritin (alcohol, fatty liver . .. ). If high ferritin is due to high iron, donating a unit of blood typically drops ferritin by 30 to 50 points. The large drop in your wife's ferritin is likely due to something other than high iron stores. I don't think you need to supplement with iron. Don't start changing a bunch of things until you better understand why the ferritin was high due to factors other than iron levels. In any event, the ferritin levels were not crazy high and are in range now. I would wait a month and retest and get doctor input. Discount labs has a cheap ferritin test that may be helpful. I am not a dr so take what I say with a grain of salt. I have HH so I have researched ferritin. I started around 470 and after about 6 blood draws I am at ~ 300. [/QUOTE]
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Do these Iron labs look Ok for my wife?
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