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Iron deficiency or not ??

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See this image attached , kindly tel me what difference between this iron test / haemoglobin/ ferritin ?? Earlier tool ferritin test some months back I was low but here in this test iron is normal so kindly tel me am anemic or not?

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link to an article on iron tests

labtestsonline.org/tests/ir...

there are a lot of ways of measuring iron in blood - using one measure on its own can lead to an incorrect conclusion eg whilst ferritin on its own is a good indicator of iron status a low level does not necessarily mean that you have an iron deficiency.

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Oh ok mam thanks

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