Hi, I have just had the results of my blood test and they are all within the normal range which is obviously great news but not so great as to knowing why I’m feeling so tired, aching, gut issues and cramping, brain fog.
Could any of you lovely people just take a look and see why I maybe feeling like I do please!?
I know they are in normal range but maybe something is just lower or higher than the average person and you could be my answer.
Serum alkaline phosphatase level (XE2x) 46 iu/L [30 - 130] Information about this test
Serum calcium level (XE2q3) 2.26 mmol/L [2.2 - 2.63] Information about this test
Serum total protein level (XE2e9) 71 g/L [60 - 80] Information about this test
Serum albumin level (XE2eA) 38 g/L [35 - 50] Information about this test
Serum sodium level (XE2q0) 140 mmol/L [133 - 146] Information about this test
eGFR using creatinine (CKD-EPI) per 1.73 square metres (XacUK) 78 mL/min [> 60] eGFR has been calculated using the CKD-EP| creatinine equation. Pleas e note that adjustment for race is no longer recommended by NICE.(NICE
Guidance NG 203)
Serum potassium level (XE2pz) 4.3 mmol/L [3.5 - 5.3] Information about this test
FT3 levels normal (normal range 3.1 - 6.8 pmol/L) 45.95%
This is probably why. Your FT3 is too low. Yes, it's within the range, but that doesn't mean much. It's where in the range it falls that counts and yours is too low. Low enough to cause all those symptoms and more.
hi, I appreciate the help you gave me but I was under strict instructions to not take vitamins etc because my doctor wanted to do a full blood test.
I don’t have a autoimmune thyroid disease as that has been tested previously.
I tried to do an iron test with monitor my health and both came back that I didn’t do the test right hence why I went to the doctor again for help.
They won’t do anything for my thyroid as my TSH is within range.
My ferritin level has just came back (later than the others) results are 11 (10-300)
Vitamin D last time I checked at the beginning of the year was 53 and minimum 50.
Both still within normal range so obviously I think it’s that combined that could be making me feel off. My stomach hasn’t felt right for months and I have difficulty swallowing ~ doesn’t hurt just feels uncomfortable. But, online it says that can be a symptom of low vitamin D and ferritin.
I’d like to find out the root cause of why rather than jump in and take iron tablets as they left me severely constipated last time!
I have written on the post above that my bloods were taken at 9am.
I have been given the test for celiac disease and that’s negative at 0.03
The doctor has referred me for an ultrasound scan as the pains I’ve had 4 times this year is like contractions and last for about 10 hours! They make me physically sick but she said that COULD be the early signs of appendicitis! She has noted I could have a large ovarian cyst so I’ll see what happens with that!
I have seen online that low vitamin d and ferritin together can cause intestinal problems so I think it’s possible it’s that rather than my thyroid.
There is absolutely nothing I can say to her about my thyroid as TSH was normal, she isn’t want to know!!
Serum ferritin level is the biochemical test, which most reliably correlates with relative total body iron stores. In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency.
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
Test early morning, only water to drink between waking and test. Avoid high iron rich dinner night before test
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
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.
Thank you for your incredible patience while you have been awaiting the outcome of our ferritin reference range review. We conducted this with Inuvi lab, which has now changed the reference ranges to the following:
Females 18 ≤ age < 40. 30 to 180
Females 40 ≤ age < 50. 30 to 207
Females 50 ≤ age < 60. 30 to 264l
Females Age ≥ 60. 30 to 332
Males 18 ≤ age < 40 30 to 442
Males Age ≥ 40 30 to 518
The lower limits of 30 are by the NICE threshold of <30 for iron deficiency. Our review of Medichecks data has determined the upper limits. This retrospective study used a large dataset of blood test results from 25,425 healthy participants aged 18 to 97 over seven years. This is the most extensive study on ferritin reference ranges, and we hope to achieve journal publication so that these ranges can be applied more widely.
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