High Ferritin

[Littlegran]

I just had blood work after 2 infusions. My Ferritin went from 14 to 677. Is that too high?

[Madlegs1]

Anything under 1000 is ok.

Apart from the infusions, having an illness or infection will also raise ferritin.

[Littlegran in reply to Madlegs1]

Thanks Madlegs1. That is good to know.

[SueJohnson]

Nope - mine is that high.

[ID158 in reply to SueJohnson]

Is it that way normally, or after infusions?

[SueJohnson in reply to ID158]

Mine was just from taking iron tablets

[ID158 in reply to SueJohnson]

Impressive. I can't get anywhere near that number with Vitron-C pills.

[SueJohnson in reply to ID158]

That's probably because it is slow release which bypasses the area where iron is mostly absorbed.

[Littlegran in reply to ID158]

from infusions

[Joolsg]

It's fine. As Madlegs says, anything under 1000 is fine. It will drop substantially. Mine was 785 after my infusion and dropped to 450 within 3 months. It's now around 300, 5 years later.

[SueJohnson]

You got your infusion on 9/8. You need to wait 8 weeks before testing for your ferritin after an infusion, otherwise it shows higher than it really will be.