Bruising

[Helsbells68]

I am now post-menopausal and have not donated blood for nearly 15 years but this past year have started bruising very easily, often without any obvious cause, should I add something like Thorne Ferrasorb or could it take my iron levels too high?

These are my latest fasting results:

Medichecks

CRP HS 1.15 mg/L < 3

Iron 21.3 umol/L 10 - 30

TIBC 60.9 umol/L 45 - 81

UIBC 39.6 umol/L 13 - 56

Transferrin Saturation 35 % 25 - 45

Ferritin 35.8 ug/L 30 - 264

MMH

Haemoglobin 143 ug/L 120-170

Transferrin saturation 32 ug/L 16-49

Ferritin 38 ug/L 15-400

Active B12 112 ug/L 38-210

Folate >20.0 ug/L 3- 25

TSH 0.02 mU/L 0.27 - 4.2

T4 12.4 pmol/L 12 - 22

T3 5.8 pmol/L 3.1 - 6.8

Jun 2023

Vitamin D 80 nmol/L 60 - 100

Armour 2 grains

Supplements stopped for 7 days prior to testing:

Vitamin B Complex 1 tablet per day (Igennus Super B-Complex )

Vitamin C 200mg per day (Cytoplan Cherry C)

Vitamin D3 35mcg + MK-7 12mcg per day

Magnesium Malate 200mg per day (Jarrow Magnesium Optimiser)

Zinc 6mg per day (Jarrow Zinc Balance)

[JumpJiving]

Helsbells68 Amongst other things, easy bruising can be caused by high cortisol. Have you had your cortisol level checked recently? Have you started HRT (which can elevate cortisol levels)?

[Helsbells68 in reply to JumpJiving]

I have only just been prescribed HRT, Evorel Conti patches at the end of November, the bruising started long before this.

The only time I have tested my cortisol levels was a saliva test nearly 10 years ago.

[csj113]

Hi, if you've started bruising easily it is worth getting checked out by GP as there are various potential causes. Although you're not anaemic your ferritin is low especially given you are post-menopausal, but before supplementing with iron I would go for a checkup.

[phenelope]

I bruise at once if I have the slightest amount of Vitamin E/ also known as A -Tocopherol.