Iron results

[carolinegodlonton]

Hello. Please can someone look at my iron results. Ferritin is very high and has been for the past year. What can I do about it? The rest I'm not sure about. I am not supplementing iron. Many thanks

CRP 1.41 ng/L <5

Iron 23.78 unol/L ( 5.8-34.5)

TIBC 48.88umol/L (45-72)

UIBC 25.1umol/L (24.2-70.1)

Transferrin 48.65%(20-50)

Ferritin 294ug/L (13-150)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Previous post you were supplementing iron

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

humanbean gave excellent detailed reply about iron and ferritin being complex

[SlowDragon Administrator]

As you have Hashimoto’s, inflammation is common reason for high ferritin levels

Many hashimoto’s patients have MTHFR gene variation

stopthethyroidmadness.com/h...

selfhacked.com/blog/conditi...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Are your vitamin D, folate, B12 optimal

[carolinegodlonton in reply to SlowDragon]

I stopped supplementing after posting here last month and had only had 3 days of iron when tummy issues made me stop. Would giving up dairy perhaps help with inflammation. I'm already gluten free.

[carolinegodlonton in reply to SlowDragon]

Very interesting reading. Thank you.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to carolinegodlonton]

What are your most recent vitamin D, folate and B12 results

AsStop Thyroid Madness link suggests, MTHFR gene is perhaps most common cause

Are you taking a good quality daily vitamin B complex that has folate in

[carolinegodlonton in reply to SlowDragon]

I am taking igennus super B complex. I supplement vit D with k2 and levels are good. Where can I check if I have the MTHFR gene. As a home test?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to carolinegodlonton]

Others might have other ideas...

There’s this one

mthfr-genetics.co.uk

Looks like they can also analyse raw data from Ancestry DNA or others

[carolinegodlonton in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you x