Iron Test … update

[Batty1]

Here is my complete Iron test and for some reason I can’t locate my original post on this subject.

Can anyone advise on these results.

[Batty1]

2nd photo results:

Iron panel results

[SlowDragon Administrator]

So your ferritin is deficient

Iron saturation rock bottom

You need iron supplements

Are you vegetarian or vegan

Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet

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In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency

Also See page 7 on here

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Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet

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

List of iron rich foods

dailyiron.net

Links about iron and ferritin

An article that explains why Low ferritin and low thyroid levels are often linked

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Great in-depth article on low ferritin

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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.

Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones

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Post discussing just how long it can take to raise low ferritin

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Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing. It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron

Iron and thyroid link

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Posts discussing why important to do full iron panel test

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Chicken livers if iron is good, but ferritin low

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Heme iron v non heme

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Good explanations of iron

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Excellent reply by Blearyeyed about iron in this post

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Looking at previous posts…..you likely need dose increase in T3

Looking for BOTH Ft4 and Ft3 at least 50-60% through range

[Batty1 in reply to SlowDragon]

If I start supplementing the iron how long before I retest 3 months or sooner? Im also going tomorrow for more blood test (Vitamin D3, B12 and folate) and will start iron again after blood test.

I don’t eat a lot of protein and I also been having issues eating whole grain for the past few months it makes me sick to my stomach and causes my pulse to race for a few days. I did test negative for celiac a couple of years ago.

Im unable to get more T3 from my Endo and might just start upping my own since I have a surplus of T3 only issue is once it runs out but I wonder if getting my Iron right and other vitamins might help my thyroid levels

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Batty1]

As a regular on here, you know an incredibly high percentage of thyroid patients need to be absolutely strictly gluten free

Only 5% are diagnosed as coeliac, but a further 80% find strictly gluten free diet helps, often significantly, or is essential

If you’re reacting to wheat ….you need to cut it out completely

Suggest you work on improving low vitamin levels and going absolutely strictly gluten free

Retest in 6-8 weeks

[Batty1 in reply to SlowDragon]

Its been a few months since I’ve eaten anything with whole grain and I don’t eat bread or pasta very often but will definitely stop eating any of that for now on.

Its so Frustrating .

[csj113 in reply to SlowDragon]

Oh thanks! Have made a note about Bisglycinate Iron as may have to supplement in future if mine dips post-infusion.

[csj113]

Hi Batty1 I had a Ferritin of 15, though normal haemoglobin. I had severe symptoms of anaemia such as crushing fatigue, joint pain, hair loss and more.

I visited a private iron clinic in London and they told me that for Ferritin, >30 was deficient and <15 was severely deficient. I got an iron infusion and feel so much better I can’t describe it! Iron infusion got my ferritin up to over 160 immediately.

When you have Iron deficiency (with or without anaemia which is specifically low haemoglobin) your body fights to keep haemoglobin up to ensure you have enough circulating iron, at the expense of your Ferritin (iron stores), but all your metabolic processes suffer as a result.

You definitely need iron. If you take something like Ferrous Fumarate tablets it will potentially take several months to get it up to nearer 100 which is what you want.

Take no more than one a day (your body has a maximum amount of iron it can absorb in 24 hours - GPs often prescribe 3 a day but my specialist told me that just caused gastric upset and didn’t work). Take with vitamin C in some form (food or tablet) which aids absorbtion.

You are going to feel so much better if you address this!

[Batty1 in reply to csj113]

Thank you