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When Testosterone Is Not Enough
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 179740" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>My ferritin usually hovers around 90.</p><p></p><p>Of course, it is called Non-anaemic iron deficiency (NAID).</p><p></p><p>You must remember this thread.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/iron-deficiency-without-anemia-%E2%80%93-common-important-neglected.19415/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>A serum ferritin concentration of <30 µg/L is the most sensitive and specific test for the identification of iron deficiency in patients with or without anemia.</em> <strong><em>However, patients may be iron deficient at much higher concentrations of ferritin.</em></strong></span><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"> <u>Iron deficiency without anemia and with normal red blood count is a clinical challenge,</u> and many patients have been diagnosed with a multitude of conditions ranging from hypothyroidism to depression to chronic fatigue syndrome over the years when they have sought help for their often debilitating symptoms. The keys to a correct diagnosis are assessment of the serum ferritin concentration and a meticulous medical history focusing on the possibility of life-long blood losses and diseases such as celiac disease. Differential diagnostic causes for the symptoms must be sought for.</span></em></strong> The mainstay of therapy is oral iron in sufficient doses for at least 6 to 9 months together with serum ferritin monitoring. Some patients who do not respond to oral iron treatment may need intravenous iron. The longer the iron deficiency has lasted, the more challenging the therapy may be. Some iron-deficient patients without anemia may have had the condition for over a decade, and may not fully recover. The amount of human suffering, the loss of quality of life and the indirect costs to society caused by iron deficiency are huge.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Taken from another article:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">A diagnosis of iron deficiency can be made when a person has both low hemoglobin and hematocrit and low serum ferritin. Serum iron and, transferrin-iron saturation percentage will also be low in a person who is iron deficient.</span></em> <em><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><u>Iron deficiency without anemia can occur when a person has a normal hemoglobin, but below normal serum ferritin and/or transferrin saturation.</u></span></strong></em> Iron deficiency with anemia can occur when a person has low values of both serum ferritin and hemoglobin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 179740, member: 13851"] My ferritin usually hovers around 90. Of course, it is called Non-anaemic iron deficiency (NAID). You must remember this thread. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/iron-deficiency-without-anemia-%E2%80%93-common-important-neglected.19415/[/URL] [B]Abstract[/B] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]A serum ferritin concentration of <30 µg/L is the most sensitive and specific test for the identification of iron deficiency in patients with or without anemia.[/I] [B][I]However, patients may be iron deficient at much higher concentrations of ferritin.[/I][/B][/COLOR][B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] [U]Iron deficiency without anemia and with normal red blood count is a clinical challenge,[/U] and many patients have been diagnosed with a multitude of conditions ranging from hypothyroidism to depression to chronic fatigue syndrome over the years when they have sought help for their often debilitating symptoms. The keys to a correct diagnosis are assessment of the serum ferritin concentration and a meticulous medical history focusing on the possibility of life-long blood losses and diseases such as celiac disease. Differential diagnostic causes for the symptoms must be sought for.[/COLOR][/I][/B] The mainstay of therapy is oral iron in sufficient doses for at least 6 to 9 months together with serum ferritin monitoring. Some patients who do not respond to oral iron treatment may need intravenous iron. The longer the iron deficiency has lasted, the more challenging the therapy may be. Some iron-deficient patients without anemia may have had the condition for over a decade, and may not fully recover. The amount of human suffering, the loss of quality of life and the indirect costs to society caused by iron deficiency are huge. Taken from another article: [I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]A diagnosis of iron deficiency can be made when a person has both low hemoglobin and hematocrit and low serum ferritin. Serum iron and, transferrin-iron saturation percentage will also be low in a person who is iron deficient.[/COLOR][/I] [I][B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][U]Iron deficiency without anemia can occur when a person has a normal hemoglobin, but below normal serum ferritin and/or transferrin saturation.[/U][/COLOR][/B][/I] Iron deficiency with anemia can occur when a person has low values of both serum ferritin and hemoglobin. [/QUOTE]
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