Iron conversion

[Liam12]

Hi,

My husband has just had a blood test and needs to convert his Iron from Umol/L into ng/ml as he wants to make sure its not too high and most sites that we follow are American. His results where 18.2 Umol/L and needs to get that reading converted to ng/ml with the hope that it is no higher than 80 ng/ml

Is there any nice clever person out there who might be able to convert it for us please as the conversion calculation seems rather complicated,

Many thanks in advance

[Hay2016]

Try unitslab.com they have an iron conversion chart. Does the result given not have a normal range?

[Liam12 in reply to Hay2016]

Hi,

thanks for your reply, yes there is a range and it does sit perfectly in it but I don't always agree with there ranges so just hoping I can get a second opinion.

Dr Mercola's view on Iron overload is quite different to the mainstream view, I'll try your recommendation to convert it but I have been on lots of other conversion charts and it is actually a very complicated process, Thanks again

[Liam12 in reply to Hay2016]

I,ve just tried converting it using unitslab and it says it equals 1016ng/ml

I cant believe it can be that far out if it Dr Mercola is saying it should be between 40-60ng/ml and Medichecks saying it is perfectly in range (18.2 umol/L)

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Liam12]

There's in range and there's optimal - we all know that from thyroid results

[humanbean]

So, what was the result, the range, and the units of measurement that your husband was given?

[Angel_of_the_North]

If it is total iron, 18.2 µmol/L is 101.68 µg/dL. Try endmemo.com and search for total iron. General men have slightly higher iron results than women. 101.68 µg/dL is only 1.02 µg/m, which makes no sense. Was that an iron test or a ferritin test?

[Angel_of_the_North]

Mercola is talking about ferritin "The healthy range of serum ferritin lies between 20 and 80 ng/ml. Below 20 is a strong indicator that you are iron deficient, and above 80 suggests you have an iron surplus. The ideal range is between 40-60 ng/ml." - your test is serum iron so you can't compare them

[Liam12]

Thank you for all your comments and help, I,ve just gone through his results with him and he was looking at Iron rather than ferritin, his ferritin level is 165 ug/L with a range of 30 - 400 but as you say optimal would be between 60 - 80 ug/L so I do think he is over but maybe not as bad as first thought??