Guest guest Posted December 19, 2008 Report Posted December 19, 2008 Lethal Lee wrote: > My understanding is it is quite common for Feritin to initally increase > when Phlebs are started. This is a good thing as it apparently means > that Iron is being pulled from tissues/organs which is what you want to > happen. > > Hi Lee, Thanks! That is something I had not run across in my reading about iron overload/high ferritin, but it makes logical sense. sol Quote
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 Hi Lee, After thinking about this, I'd like to ask if you can point me to a reference for it. I'd like to have something for my files. thanks, sol Lethal Lee wrote: > Hi Dorothy, > > My understanding is it is quite common for Feritin to initally increase > when Phlebs are started. This is a good thing as it apparently means > that Iron is being pulled from tissues/organs which is what you want to > happen. > > As you continue to Phleb the Ferritin will eventually reduce. How much > it reduces is very indiviual too & only time & retesting will tell how > quickly it does for you. The trick is to do phlebing at regular > frequent intervals in order to keep pulling from tissue accumulations > and close enough together so it is done before further Iron loading can > happen. > Quote
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