Ferritin test

[navi_3]

Don't know if this is normal ? my ferritin test is 26.8ug/L

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Not quite sure what I'm looking at from that list. Can you please type in your result plus the range.

[navi_3 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Sure my ferritin test is 26.8ug/L

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to navi_3]

So that's just scraped into the bottom of the range. I'd ask your GP to do a full blood count and iron panel to see if you have iron deficiency anaemia. Also ask if he will presribe an iron supplement.

If you are given iron tablets then take each one with 1000mg Vitamin C to aid absorption and help prevent constipaton. Always take iron 4 hours away from thyroid meds and two hours away from other medication and supplements as it will affect absorption.

You can help raise your level by eating liver regularly, maximum 200g per week due to it's high Vit A content, and including lots of iron rich foods in your diet apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/in...

[navi_3]

Yes that's what I thought and read online , will ask my gp for iron test . But another test report said my vitamin d is 23 nmol /L which is a deficiency ?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to navi_3]

Yes, below 25 nmol/L would be severe deficiency. If your GP hasn't done anything about that, then you need to ask for loading doses - see NICE treatment summary for Vit D deficiency:

cks.nice.org.uk/vitamin-d-d...

"Treat for Vitamin D deficiency if serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are less than 30 nmol/L.

For the treatment of vitamin D deficiency, the recommended treatment is based on fixed loading doses of vitamin D (up to a total of about 300,000 international units [IU] given either as weekly or daily split doses, followed by lifelong maintenace treatment of about 800 IU a day. Higher doses of up to 2000IU a day, occasionally up to 4000 IU a day, may be used for certain groups of people, for example those with malabsorption disorders. Several treatment regims are available, including 50,000 IU once a week for 6 weeks (300,000 IU in total), 20,000 IU twice a week for 7 weeks (280,000 IU in total), or 4000 IU daily for 10 weeks (280,000 IU in total)."

Each Health Authority has their own guidelines but they will be very similar. Go and see your GP and ask that he treats you according to the guidelines and prescribes the loading doses, don't accept 800iu which will never raise your level, it must be the loading doses. Once these have been completed you will need a reduced amount (more than 800iu) to bring your level up to what's recommended by the Vit D Council - which is 100-150nmol/L - and then you'll need a maintenance dose which may be 2000iu daily, it's trial and error so it's recommended to retest once or twice a year to keep within the recommended range. You can do this with a private fingerprick blood spot test with City Assays vitamindtest.org.uk/

There are important cofactors needed when taking D3

vitamindcouncil.org/about-v...

D3 aids absorption of calcium from food and K2-MK7 directs the calcium to bones and teeth where it is needed and away from arteries and soft tissues where it can be deposited and cause problems.

D3 and K2 are fat soluble so should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day, D3 four hours away from thyroid meds.

Magnesium helps D3 to work and comes in different forms, check to see which would suit you best and as it's calming it's best taken in the evening, four hours away from thyroid meds

naturalnews.com/046401_magn...

Check out the other cofactors too

[navi_3]

My gp prescribed me HuxD3 20,000 IU one daily with food

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to navi_3]

All the information about supplementing is in my other post. The loading doses must total 300,000 over a period of a few weeks at most. So if you are taking 20,000iu daily then you should have them for 15 days.Then you need to check your level and move on to a dose to bring it up to 100-150nmol/L. Your GP will only prescribe 800iu after the loading doses, this wont be enough. I am at the top of the recommended range and my maintenance dose is 2000iu all year round.

Then you must take the important cofactors for the reasons mentioned in my above post. Your GP wont know anything about cofactors, they're not taught nutrition. But you can see why they're needed, explained in the above post.

[navi_3]

Thanks a lot for this information. I understand the co factors are the other important vitamins need to be present in the body in right quantity for the vitamin d to be absorbed properly. If I didn't understand that correctly please

let me know

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to navi_3]

Yes, magnesium helps D3 to work, normal supplement dose is around 350-400mg. K2-MK7 is needed to direct the extra uptake of calcium to bones and teeth and the normal supplement dose is around 90-100mcg.

[navi_3]

Thank you I am going to do my best to take healthy diet and try to overcome my vitamin deficiencies as I am only 26 and this is not good

[navi_3]

I know 😩