Ferritin Levels

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In women, the reference range is around 20 to 200 and is best when our

level is somewhere in the region of 70 to 90.

Luv - Sheila

> What should our ferritin levels be?

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> Venizia

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Hi

Louise

Glad

you seem to be getting through OK. You probably became concerned because there

might not have been a moderator around when you posted your message, so it was

waiting for approval.

However,

Dr Peatfield says that anybody with an autoimmune problem should not get the

'flu jabs - I have not had a flue vaccination for the past 8 years or so because

I had such a bad reaction each time I did - they can put you flat on your back,

but I am not sure whether this counts the same as the pneumonia vaccine.

However I am pleased you are now starting to feel better.

This

past months (or two) bug/virus has been wicked. I developed a cough which

turned into pleurisy, which morphed into a different cough which sounded

bronchitic, which morphed into yet a different cough where I couldn't speak to

anybody without having a coughing fit. I had to visit the doctor because I was

getting concerned with it, and now I am on ventolin inhalers because it has

developed into Asthma, I just wonder what is around the next corner

Your

ferritin level is fine, it should be between 70 and 90 for you to feel good.

Let us know what your thyroid function tests show, but we won't hold our breath

knowing that the majority of sufferers, however ill they feel, have TFT's

within the reference range.

Hope

you manage to keep warm, it is bitterly cold here today with winds from

Siberia, with a forecast promised of " significant snow " from tomorrow

night and temperatures dropping rapidly. P in Oz in basking in temperatures of

143 degrees F - we need some over here P - badly!

Luv -

Sheila

like a fool had a

pneumonia jab, this has made me so ill for three weeks, I still had

shingles, and my last opp was end October, so my immune system was on

the floor, to cut a long story short, Serum Ferritin 79.5 ug/L -

--10-291, COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS OK, also I have now

started to feel so much better these past few days, and my

breathlessnes has gone I still think that injection did something to

me. Thank you for all your help Love Louise.

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feel so much better these past few days, and my

breathlessnes has gone

Just had to say that is great to hear, and pass it on lol

lotsa luv

Dawnx

PS Shiela I got asthma after a bronchial attack in 2001 and I have

never been the same since. Take care hon.

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I am about to start Armour but noticed your comment about ferritin levels. What are the best methods of increasing ferritin levels?

thank you

Fiona

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Liver is a good way. Do you like pate? My friend has just been tested

for very low iron in her pregnancy and has just been re-tested and has

really bought it up by eating liver 3 times a week. Might not be

everyone's cuppa tea but she's feeling really well now.

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jay robb sells a good liver dried supplement. linda rn

Re:Ferritin Levels

Liver is a good way. Do you like pate? My friend has just been tested for very low iron in her pregnancy and has just been re-tested and has really bought it up by eating liver 3 times a week. Might not be everyone's cuppa tea but she's feeling really well now.

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Hi

The normal range for ferritin is usually between 30 and 300

mg/dL in men and between 20 and 200 in women. For those suffering with the

symptoms of hypothyroidism, it is recommended that for everyone with a ferritin

less than 60 mg/dL, they should be given iron supplement. The goal of treatment

is to raise ferritin levels to a value between 70 and 90 mg/dL and this is

usually achieved with oral iron treatment. Raising ferritin levels to this

range may be needed for patients with hypothyroidism to have an optimal

response to thyroid hormone treatment. Thyroid hormone cannot be utilised

properly by the cells if a ferritin level is lower. It matters not if the

ferritin is over 90, so long as it is not unduly high which might cause

haemachromatosis which can be a serious condition.

Biologically, insufficient iron levels may be affecting the

first two of three steps of thyroid hormone synthesis by reducing the activity

of the enzyme thyroid peroxidase, which is dependent on iron. Iron deficiency,

in turn, may also alter thyroid metabolism and reduce the conversion of the

‘inactive’ T4 to the ‘active’ T3, besides modifying the

binding of T3. Additionally, low iron levels can increase circulating

concentrations of TSH.

That severe

iron-deficiency leads to anemia as manifested by low haemoglobin and

haematocrit on a CBC blood test is well known. However, mild iron-deficiency

leads to low ferritin in blood tests BEFORE a drop in haemoglobin and

haematocrit occurs. An article published in the May 2003 British Medical

Journal showed that patients with low ferritin, but normal heamoglobin and

heamatocrit, have fatigue, that is reversed by iron treatment.

Read the following

which you will find interesting, and probably your doctor will find this good

reading too http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=24943674 & sort=username

Luv - Sheila

I wonder if anyone can answer a question my

open-minded doctor has asked me. Whilst being very happy to support me in my

quest to get fully better,he has asked why the optimum ferritin level I am

trying to achieve, ie between 70-90, is not just 70 or above. And is over 90

not a good thing? Is anyone able to help me answer this please?

Many thanks

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Thanks Sheila, I will pass this on to my doctor,