Re: Question for Cat, re TIBC, was Re: stranger blood values - iron experts needed

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catliciousoz wrote:

> no specifics, not really something I have spend a lot of time with,

> but the B12 and ferritin forum on RTH has some interesting discussions

> on it...

> I just look at MCH and MCV etc for megaloblastic anemia etc, most of

> the info I have comes from googling megaloblastic anemia / high MCV,

> that kind of thing, but I don't usually consider TIBC's myself, the

> Tsat% uses TIBC in it's calculation and suits my most common purpose

> of looking for the presence iron overload - in combination with the

> RBC and WBC can usually see trends like big RBC's etc which point to

> other things than simple anemia or iron overload..

>

> sorry, not much help to you!!!

>

>

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Hi Cat,

Thanks. My concern for a skewed TIBC is if that level is inaccurate,

then the transferrin saturation calculated from TIBC and serum iron will

also be wrong. Not so?

Re RBC and WBC is there an optimal range for one or both? Or do they

have to be actually out of range to confirm a problem?

sol