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High Transferrin Saturatin in NAFLD/NASH
I am 24 and obese and suffering from NASH/NAFLD. I and my Gastroenterologist probably missed this Iron Overload/Hemochromatosis occuring due to NASH/NAFLD. My Iron Serum and Transferrin Saturation% are: Iron Serum: 133, 147. % Transferrin Saturation: 42.6, 46.13. I read an article by Dr Kris V Kowdley, that values>40% are too high and indicates Iron Overload in Liver and other parts(Attached Images). My family members also have it <35% with same diet and nutrition. Moreover, I always has abnormal CBC with Anisocytosis, High Microcytic RBC ans Hypochromia with Normal HGB. Neither Iron/B12 deficiency can explain my CBC and its rightly " Hypochromic Microcytic Anemia with Iron Overload" which impairs Normal transport of Iron. Now what to do and start Chelating Agents?
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