Iron test results - advice please

[Molly161018]

CRP HS X 6.45 mg/L (Range: 0 - 5) - I believe this was high because of infection, as I went down with a temperature the following day.

Iron 10.0 umol/L (Range: 5.8 - 34.5) - down from 18.4 six months ago

TIBC 43.2 umol/L (Range: 45 - 81) - down from 46.3 six months ago

UIBC 33.2 umol/L (Range: 24.2 - 70.1) - up from 27.9 six months ago

Transferrin Saturation 23.2 % (Range: 20 - 50) - down from 39.7 six months ago

Ferritin 89.4 ug/L (Range: 13 - 150) - down from 127 four months ago.

Apart from uibc, everything else seems to have taken a dive, despite increasing my dose to 2 x Solgar gentle iron per day a few months ago.

I've struggled to get my levels to increase for a while - should I try another brand, or is there anyone else who's experienced this?

I struggle to understand the ins and outs of iron levels too, so would appreciate some advice!

Many thanks in advance

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

CRP HS X 6.45 mg/L (Range: 0 - 5) - I believe this was high because of infection, as I went down with a temperature the following day.

Ferritin 89.4 ug/L (Range: 13 - 150) - down from 127 four months ago.

So your ferritin is likely to be raised due to inflammation, I don't think you can rely on this ferritin result to be accurate.

Raising iron/ferritin levels isn't easy but I've read that it's more effective to take iron alternate days, might be worth a try.

[Molly161018 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thats true re the inflammation and Ferrari levels...

Anything is worth a try, as what I'm doing now doesn't seem to be working, so....