Please can I have some help with raising ferritin levels

[Piglet1956]

These are my latest blood results and it looks to me as if i need to raise ferritin levels. Can anyone advise how best to do this please. Thank you.

Folate - Serum 17.5 ug/L (3 - 20) 85.3%

Vitamin B12 1108 nmol/L (187 - 883) 132.3%

Vitamin D 161 nmol/L

Ferritin 118 ug/L (15 - 200) 55.7%

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Your Ferritin level seems to be fine. It's often suggested that it should be half way through and some experts say the optimal level for thyroid function is 90-110ug/L.

Was CRP tested? Ferritin can be raised when inflammation is present so it's always helpful to have CRP (an inflammation marker) tested when Ferritin is tested. If no inflammation present then the ferritin level should be accurate.

[Piglet1956 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Hello SeasideSusie and thanks for your comments. CRP wasn't tested - I will remember that next time. I also noticed as I was trawling the results that Iron is 18 (range of 10-30) - does that sound reasonable?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Piglet1956]

Serum iron is suggested to be optimal at 55-70 % through range (higher end for males). Yours is 40% through range.

Was saturation percentage tested and TIBC or Transferrin ?

[Piglet1956 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Hello again SeasideSusie. Sorry to take so long to reply. These are the iron results - I haven't a clue what they mean, but possibly low?

TIBC 45 (range 45-72)

Transferrin Satn 40% (16-50). Consider Haemochromatosis if >40% for females.

[Regenallotment]

well done Piglet1956 tbose results look enviable. Do you still have symptoms?

[Piglet1956 in reply to Regenallotment]

Thanks for your reply. I have some symptoms - burning feet if I walk for more than half an hour and a painful forearm reminiscent of a frozen shoulder when I was first diagnosed. Difficult to confirm if thyroid related though.

[Regenallotment in reply to Piglet1956]

hmmm I get a funny arm if my B12 is low but that can’t be your thing with that B12

Hmmm 🤔 what are your thyroid hormone levels? I wonder if under/over medication may affect your feet?

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[Piglet1956 in reply to Regenallotment]

TSH <0.01 mIU/L (0.35 - 5) 

Free T4 (fT4) 15.6 pmol/L (9 - 21) 55.0%

Free T3 (fT3) 5.5 pmol/L (3 - 6) 83.3%

I have an endo appointment next week and I suspect they will try to reduce T4🥺

[Alanna012]

Piglet please share what you're doing to achieve these enviable results.

I hope they're reflected in the way you feel?

[Piglet1956 in reply to Alanna012]

Hello Alanna012. I take a range of supplements every day. Its a pain as I can't take them four hours either side of twice daily thyroid meds but I try.