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Elevated Iron levels
by vivi227, Jul 22, 2008 07:00PM
I went in to the doctor a couple of days ago due to persistant tachycardia, extreme fatigue, and palpitations. After wearing a holter monitor for 24 hours, it did in fact show tachycardia. I was sent for blood work and some came back abnormal. My total iron was 288, my iron saturation was 83%, Hematocrit, 45.6, and bilirubin was 1.7. My ferritin was normal as was hemoglobin. One doctor thought it may be hemachromatosis but with a normal ferritin, the other doctor disagreed. What could make your iron, bilirubin, saturation high? I am relatively healthy except for endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, and b12 anemia for which I take monthly injections. Only medicine I am on is seasonale birth control and b12 injections. Any help would be great.
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