Need help with blood work

[dragonfly76]

Hi everyone sorry that you couldn't see my test results before, I don't have a lot of experience with computers. I just know the basics. Here is my blood work. I have to type them all. Thank you for your time.

WBC 4.7 4.0-11.0

RBC LO 3.95 4.00-5.10

HEMOGLOBIN LO 118 120-160

HEMATOCRIT 0.353 0.350-0.450

MCV 89 80-100

MCH 29.9 27.5-33.0

MCHC 334 305-360

RDW 11 11.5-14.5

PLATELET COUNT 222 150-400

FERRITIN 21 5-272

GLUCOSE FASTING 5.3 3.6-6.0

HEMOGLOBIN A1C/TOTAL HEMOGLOBIN 5.1 <6.0 %

SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS

,5.5% NORMAL

5.5%-5.9% AT RISK

6.0%-6.4% PREDIABETES

>OR=6.5% DIABETES MELLITUS

SODIUM 140 135-145

POTASSIUM 4.5 3.5-5.2

CHLORIDE 105 98-108

CREATINE LO 44 50-100

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (eGFR) 120

URATE 206 150-390

female reference intervals (umol/L)

>or=13 years 150-390

postmenopausal 210-450

triglyceride 0.53

cholesterol 3.55

HDL cholesterol 1.37

non HDL cholesterol 1.37

LDL cholesterol 1.94

cholesterol/HDL cholesterol 2.6

FSH 6.1

luteinizing hormone[LH} 9.3

prolactin 9.0 5.0-27.0

Estradiol 185

Progesterone 4.8

DHEA 3.5 <9.8

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Despite all these test results the only one that's relevant to Thyroid is ferritin result and couple of iron level tests

Ferritin at 21 (5-272) - this is low

RBC and Heamoglobin are both also low

Creatine also low

For FULL thyroid and vitamin testing you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if Thyroid antibodies are raised

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

Last Levothyroxine dose should be 24 hours prior to test, (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies or all vitamins

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have special offers, Medichecks usually have offers on Thursdays, Blue Horizon its more random

[dragonfly76 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Soon I'll have my thyroid blood work , vitamin D, folate, and reverse T3. Would you be able to tell me what it means the creatine being low.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to dragonfly76]

Link about creatine

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

Can be linked to thyroid

austinpublishinggroup.com/t...

[dragonfly76 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Nothing thyroid there. Ferritin is way too low, needs to be at least 70. See if GP will prescribe 201mg ferrous fumarate. If not, you can buy from an online pharmacy or get from certain terrestrial ones like Tesco. There are no ranges for sex hormones and no indication of time of month, so not useful (there are usually three ranges corresponding to the different times of the month for each result - may also be age-related ranges).

[dragonfly76 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Thanks