Anemia?

[lisarizz]

Hey all,

My Dr.. just called me with my blood results and wants me to see a hematologist. She said my My iron level count, 8 my serum iron 26.. Before I could ask any questions she put me through to the receptionist for an appointment to see a hematologist..

I am wanting to know.. what could this mean? What is a normal Serum Iron Level? and if they are both low what is that?

Also is it treatable? If so how?

Please help.. I dont know if I can stand waiting 2 weeks to see this specialist ..

Thanks so much!!!

[lisarizz]

Thank you so much for clarifying.. Most of my bloodwork came back today and I am so confused in reading it, and it was not explained to me.. The only thing I was told today is that they are calling in a prescription for Vitamin D 50,000 units to take once a week. They also increase my dosage of levothoroxine to 100mcg.. There where things on the labs that were high and low.. Can you explain some of these things to me.. My Hematologist appointment is next Thursday and i am so anxious and nervous.. below are the things that where high / low except for the thyroid T4 T3. Thank you so much I really appreciate your help..

Thyroxine T4 = 8.1
T3 Uptake =31
Free Throxine = 2.5
Vitamin D 11.2
Neutrophils absolute 8.3
Creatinine serum 1.09
Egfr 56

Iron serum 26
Iron saturation 8
Thyroid panel with tsh 5.960

Lipo profile
Ldl p 1163

Small ldl p 242

Cho;sterol total 192
Ldl c 120

Wbc 11.2
Mchc 31.3
Rdw  16.1
Folate serum 3.8

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
The normal serum iron is: 60-170 mcg/dL, so 26 is on low side. The other value must be hemoglobin where 8 is again pretty low (on an average the normal values in male: 13 to 17 gm/dL, female: 12 to 15 gm/dL).
To assess a patient’s iron status, measurements of iron, TIBC (total iron binding capacity) and measurement of ferritin are performed. Transferrin is a substance that transports iron in the plasma. If the saturation is below 20%, the amount of iron carried by transferrin is decreased. In this situation it is also expected that the absolute serum iron will be low. Normally in iron deficiency, iron is low, TIBC is high, percent saturation is low and ferritin is low. The iron can be low due to poor diet or due to inability of gut to absorb iron as seen in malabsorption syndromes, IBS etc.
The condition is treatable. Apart from supplementing iron, an effort is made to eliminate the cause.
Hope this helps. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!