Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Hi all, We recently had some bloodwork done for our 4-year-old son who has autism. We did an iron level check and it show low ferritin. Serum Iron: 72 (ref. range 35 - 140) Total Iron Binding Capacity: 338 (RR 245 - 400) % Transferring Saturation: 21 (RR 13 - 45) Serum Ferritin: 30 (RR 22 - 322) This is from webmd: Iron is normally stored in body tissues. Low levels of ferritin suggest that iron stores in the body are low. Too little iron can cause iron-deficiency anemia, resulting in symptoms of pale skin, tiredness, and weakness. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common form of anemia. Moderately high levels of ferritin may suggest that inflammation (caused by infection or some other disease) is present somewhere in the body. Very high levels of ferritin suggest that the body is storing too much iron (a condition called hemochromatosis). I have read that Dr. Goldberg checks ferritin levels and prescribes iron supplements. My question is if he prescribes iron supplements when the ferritin level is low. This would make sense to me. Any comments or experiences? Thanks, Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Our son had a low level and has been on iron supplementatation for almost two months so far. He is 3.5 years old. Dave > Hi all, > > We recently had some bloodwork done for our 4-year-old son who has > autism. We did an iron level check and it show low ferritin. > > Serum Iron: 72 (ref. range 35 - 140) > Total Iron Binding Capacity: 338 (RR 245 - 400) > % Transferring Saturation: 21 (RR 13 - 45) > Serum Ferritin: 30 (RR 22 - 322) > > This is from webmd: > > Iron is normally stored in body tissues. Low levels of ferritin > suggest that iron stores in the body are low. Too little iron can > cause iron-deficiency anemia, resulting in symptoms of pale skin, > tiredness, and weakness. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common > form of anemia. > > Moderately high levels of ferritin may suggest that inflammation > (caused by infection or some other disease) is present somewhere in > the body. > > Very high levels of ferritin suggest that the body is storing too > much iron (a condition called hemochromatosis). > > > I have read that Dr. Goldberg checks ferritin levels and prescribes > iron supplements. My question is if he prescribes iron supplements > when the ferritin level is low. This would make sense to me. Any > comments or experiences? > > Thanks, > Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Dave, is the dose you are giving him around 6 mg or higher? > > Hi all, > > > > We recently had some bloodwork done for our 4-year-old son who has > > autism. We did an iron level check and it show low ferritin. > > > > Serum Iron: 72 (ref. range 35 - 140) > > Total Iron Binding Capacity: 338 (RR 245 - 400) > > % Transferring Saturation: 21 (RR 13 - 45) > > Serum Ferritin: 30 (RR 22 - 322) > > > > This is from webmd: > > > > Iron is normally stored in body tissues. Low levels of ferritin > > suggest that iron stores in the body are low. Too little iron can > > cause iron-deficiency anemia, resulting in symptoms of pale skin, > > tiredness, and weakness. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common > > form of anemia. > > > > Moderately high levels of ferritin may suggest that inflammation > > (caused by infection or some other disease) is present somewhere in > > the body. > > > > Very high levels of ferritin suggest that the body is storing too > > much iron (a condition called hemochromatosis). > > > > > > I have read that Dr. Goldberg checks ferritin levels and prescribes > > iron supplements. My question is if he prescribes iron supplements > > when the ferritin level is low. This would make sense to me. Any > > comments or experiences? > > > > Thanks, > > Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 From my post a couple of days ago.. " Our son started with 3mls then went to 5mls (44mg) - he is now 48lbs. His iron levels went from 20< to 45 to 67 over a 2 year period and seem to have settled (well within the range) - we reduced to 2.5 mls recently as a maintenance for now. " Need to do this under supervision of a doctor. Our son's energy levels have really increased in this period - he trampolines, rides his bike, pumps the swing etc - all in the heat over here - can't say it is all just iron supplementation though - I look at the effect of the whole intervention - of which Iron supplementation is a part. RW Low Ferritin Hi all, We recently had some bloodwork done for our 4-year-old son who has autism. We did an iron level check and it show low ferritin. Serum Iron: 72 (ref. range 35 - 140) Total Iron Binding Capacity: 338 (RR 245 - 400) % Transferring Saturation: 21 (RR 13 - 45) Serum Ferritin: 30 (RR 22 - 322) This is from webmd: Iron is normally stored in body tissues. Low levels of ferritin suggest that iron stores in the body are low. Too little iron can cause iron-deficiency anemia, resulting in symptoms of pale skin, tiredness, and weakness. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common form of anemia. Moderately high levels of ferritin may suggest that inflammation (caused by infection or some other disease) is present somewhere in the body. Very high levels of ferritin suggest that the body is storing too much iron (a condition called hemochromatosis). I have read that Dr. Goldberg checks ferritin levels and prescribes iron supplements. My question is if he prescribes iron supplements when the ferritin level is low. This would make sense to me. Any comments or experiences? Thanks, Dennis Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author, and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 My son, who is about to turn 4, had low zinc and low ferritin. ________________________________ From: a P. Broussard <spooky@...> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 4:02:44 PM Subject: [ ] Low Ferritin Does anyone have a child with low ferritin? My three year old son who has a diagnosis of apraxia and developmental coordination disorder just had a blood test done. Everything was fine except that he has low ferritin. He will be starting an iron supplement prescribed by the doctor to bring that up. I'm wondering if anyone else has a child with either disorder that has low ferritin, and if anyone knows of any research studies done on language difficulties and low ferritin or anemia? Thanks, a P. Broussard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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