Hi Hopeful,
I do know a bit about this. My own ferritin shot up during treatment and it turned out to be harmless. Note, though, that there are disorders associated with elevated serum ferritin that only your doc can diagnose.
In my case (and during the course of tx), my family doc freaked and phoned my hepa, who is quite a pro in treating HCV but impatient and unkind to 'meddling' family docs. :(
The short and long of it was that my hepa said it was fine to have my ferritin at 1224 (?) during tx and that it would normalize by itself. He was absolutely right.
Dr. Dieterich, who used to be our forum medical expert, agreed:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Ferritin-Leval-is-12208/show/632936
In a nutshell, speak to your hepa about it and don't be surprised if he isn't the tiniest bit concerned, barring a serious disorder in your partner's situation:
I remember Cocksparrow explained this to me:
by CockSparrow, Jan 23, 2009 09:36PM
To: portann
I wouldnt worry about it too much.
Riba causes hemolitic anemia
and all that iron in your red blood cells has to go somewhere.
CS"
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/High-ferritin-1224/show/742647
I'll point you to some more collective ferritin wisdom from some old threads.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/High-ferritin-1224/show/742647
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Elevated-Ferritin-Levels/show/1230231
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Ferritin-3400/show/1245262
Hope this helps. You two are in the last stretch, so great going and keep going.
Best wishes to you and your partner.
Susan