Help Evaluating Blood Tests Please

[Canu]

Can you please help me evaluate these results (normal range in brackets):

Iron (Fe) 132.9 μg/dL (35-160)

TIBC 327.5 ug/DI (227 - 427)

UIBC 194.6 ug/DI (155 - 355)

% Saturation for Iron 25 %

Ferritin 123.7 ng/mL (13 - 148)

Folate >20.0 ng/mL (4.0 - 19.9)

(Folate is probably high because I take B-Complex)

Also, in my complete blood cell count, these two were slightly out of range:

RBC (Red blood cell) count 4.19 x10^6/uL (4.20 - 5.80)

Large Mononuclear white blood cells 10.20 % (2.00 - 10.00)

Thank you!

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Canu

These are optimal levels for an iron panel according to web.archive.org/web/2018083...

Serum iron: 55 to 70% of the range, higher end for men - yours is 78.32%

Saturation: optimal is 35 to 45%, higher end for men - yours is 25%

TIBC: Low in range indicates lack of capacity for additional iron, High in range indicates body's need for supplemental iron - yours is mid range at 50.25%

UIBC: Low in range indicates that you may have too much iron in your blood which may be due to iron overload syndrome (hereditary haemochromatosis). High in range signifies iron deficiency - yours is 19.5%

Ferritin: Low level virtually always indicates need for iron supplementation; High level with low serum iron/low saturation indicates inflammation or infection; High level with high serum iron and low TIBC indicates excess iron; Over range with saturation above 45% suggests hemochromatosis - yours is 82%

High folate is said to be OK when B12 is also high.

Your RBC is very slightly below range. This is what NHS say about low RBC:

nhs.uk/conditions/red-blood...

I can't help with the Large Mononuclear white blood cells, perhaps your GP can explain.

[Canu in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you SeasideSusie! In the link with the optimal levels for iron panel, it says that a minimum saturation of 30% is required to successfully treat with T3. This worries me since mine is 25% and I've started taking NDT. Do you know how I can increase saturation?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Canu]

Do you know how I can increase saturation?

No, sorry. You've probably gathered that iron can be complicated, you don't have a problem where you need iron supplementation so maybe that is your normal level of saturation and you may be fine. If it was me I would continue with NDT and see how things go. But, of course, that's just my opinion.

[Canu in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you!

[Canu in reply to SeasideSusie]

SeasideSusie, I've continued with NDT, increasing it once more, and am really not feeling well again. I have written a new post on this, and I would really appreciate your opinion.