Need help: trying to understand iron levels

[Laura221]

My latest blood test showed that:

my iron is high: 182 (ref ranges: 50-170)

my ferritin is quite low: 26 (ref ranges 15-150)

I never heard of it: high iron and low ferritin. Can this be caused by B12 injections?

[Brian77]

Am I reading right, Ferritin is within range of 15-150?

[Laura221 in reply to Brian77]

Yes it is! But doc still said it's quite low.

[Gambit62 Administrator]

unlikely to be anything to do with B12 - not aware of anything that would lead B12 to affect iron levels.

Suggest you discuss with GP

[Brian77]

Have you recently started iron? Ferritin is a carrier protein, there are other things that affect it's level.

[Brian77]

I'd say your iron is slightly high and your ferritin is normal.