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Any rheumatologist? Low iron
Had annual checkup blood work and my iron is low and ferritin is high. I have low iron values last year too and doctor asked me to the iron supplements 3 times a day. I was taking it. But no changes. One thing to mention, I have been dealing with jaw pain under ear and neck pain for 9months now. No proper diagnosis yet. Been to many doctors, dentists etc. I have been taking many medicines for that in the last 9months. Does it make any change in the blood work? What does low iron and high ferritin indicates? I am worried about this. Is this normal or should I ask for more blood test/treatment? Iron. Dec 2019 - 54. Dec 2020 - 48. Normal 27-159ug/dl . Iron saturation dec 2019 -14. Dec 2020 -12. normal 15-55% . Ferritin dec 2019 -154. Dec 2020 -193. Normal 15-150ng/ml.I was taking antibiotics for a week before this blood test. Does it make any difference.one more value is high this time. Liver enzyme ALT. It was dec 2019- 21iu/uL. Now- 55.normal 0-32.AST normal.vit D-34. normal(30-100)
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Iron tablets won't help you if your ferritin is high. It just denotes your body is unable to use the iron stores. You need further work up to find out the reason for your results of iron studies.
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