I've just had a print out of my results, my ones from December when I was first diagnosed from having had bloods tested for loads of different things, and from a week ago.
Apart from this sheet means nothing too me and I cant work it out. I have seen lots of other peoples posts of results written a certain way and mine doesn't have this.
Help would be fab, will post pictures below. Please do say if this is too much public info, am new to this, if so will delete.
Your ferritin level, while in the test range, is too low for optimum health. You want it in the middle of the range. Are you taking iron supplements?
Low liver enzymes can mean a few things. Often it due to inadequate vitamins/minerals, so if someone supplements and then is retested in a few months they fall in the normal range.
(When I get on a computer I will post links so you can interpret the results alternatively go to the labtestsonline.org.uk website and search for each test.)
I have been told that my iron was low. I was asked if I'd been taking any but they didn't actually tell me to take any but I know I should follow that up. Any reccomendations? Or can it be through food?
Thank you so much for helping! I shall look at that website today.
If your levels are insufficient or deficient you need to supplement.
Something like one ferrous fumerate tablet a day with vitamin C would be sufficient. This may turn your stools black and may give you a stomach ache as you are suppose to take it on an empty stomach.
A more expensive option if you have difficulty with that is to take something like 2 x feroglobin a day. The idea is to take supplements that give you around 60mg of elemental iron a day. The vitamin C is to help with iron absorption.
That sounds complicated to me. The doctor said a multivitamin but is that not enough? But anything to help. Is this why I'm feeling not up to scratch and not because my thyroxine is too low? I'm 19 and this is just all out of the blue so am not really sure what I'm doing.
A multivitamin will not contain sufficient iron for you at the moment.
A low ferritin level is often followed by iron deficiency anaemia in menstruating women, which will make you feel even worse than you are feeling.
I know you are young but sorting out your health now is vital to stop you spending years of your life feeling awful, suffering and not living the life you want.
I suggest you write things down then go to a pharmacist and show them the piece of paper. In this case you just need to write down ferrous fumerate and vitamin C. ( It is cheaper to buy ferrous fumerate off prescription.)
I have to write down medications and supplements I need if I buy them in a shop either because I'm not sure of the pronunciation or because I need to remember the right dose.
You also need to be aware that doctors do not have nutritional training as part of their courses. So their level of knowledge depends on their own personal interest in specific diseases or sports medicine. Most of the information about vitamin/mineral supplements levels required for optimum health comes from disciplines like sports science and health communities like this one.
Wow sorry for the late reply I really appreciate the help. My prescriptions are free as I'm underactive but if they're not ridiculous in price I am more than happy to do as suggested.
I know it's sad as they said some levels were low but not how to fix or do anything about that!