2nd set of blood results

[veganwife]

Hi all,

I posted my results a couple of months back and received some really helpful advice;

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Since then I have been taking 6000units of vitamin d daily, magnesium supplements, vitamin k and igennus B12 1 a day.

I retested and other than an improvement in my vitamin d and folate levels not a lot has changed. I am intrigued as to how my folate has improved so much yet my B12 has slightly decreased?

Active B12 58 pmol/l (37.5 - 188)

Ferritin 50 ug/l (13 -150)

Folate (serum) 30.1 nmol/l. (8.8 - 60.8)

FT3 5.3 pmol/l. (3.1-6.8)

TSH 3.48 mIU/l (0.27 - 4.3)

Thyroglobulin Antibodies 279.7 kU/L (0 - 115)

Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies 6.9 kIU/L (0 - 34)

T4 99 nmol/L (59 - 154)

FT4 15.1 pmol/l. (12 - 22)

Vitamin D 61 nmol/l (75 -175)

At least this time in the GP report the antibodies were recognised as a warning sign to potential hypothyroidism instead of the first one where the GP stated that they were meaningless.

I guess I feel slightly less tired and slightly less foggy but not a whole lot different to before. I guess I will just keep up with the supplements and maybe recheck my thyroid blood in 6-8 months time depending on how I feel.

Thanks again for the advice

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at your forum name...are you vegan?

Ferritin is still rather low

drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...

This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.

Helpful post about iron supplements and testing

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption

dailyiron.net

Links about iron and ferritin

irondisorders.org/Websites/...

[veganwife in reply to SlowDragon]

Hi slowdragon, yes I have been vegan since February this year and have been supplementing with Igennus Super B which contains 900μg of B12 per tablet, maybe I should take 2 a day?

Any recommendations for OTC iron tablets or do I need to go via my GP for them?

Thanks for your reply

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to veganwife]

SeasideSusie or humanbean are our iron experts

They may pop along

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to veganwife]

Either increase vitamin B complex

Or try adding separate B12

Jarrow B right sublingual lozenges used by many

[SlowDragon Administrator]

academic.oup.com/nutritionr...

The present review of the literature regarding B12 status among vegetarians shows that the rates of B12 depletion and deficiency are high. It is, therefore, recommended that health professionals alert vegetarians about the risk of developing subnormal B12 status. Vegetarians should also take preventive measures to ensure adequate intake of this vitamin, including the regular intake of B12 supplements to prevent deficiency. Considering the low absorption rate of B12 from supplements, a dose of at least 250 μg should be ingested for the best results.3