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

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Hi Cat,

RE-reading this thread due to a link posted on the NTH-Adrenals

list, I wanted to add something. I just read yesterday that

megaloblastic anemia (pernicious anemia) can also throw off TIBC

results. Didn't say which way they would be skewed though. But I just

found another site that says in pernicious anemia the TIBC would

lower TIBC. http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/adam/data/003489.html

This site implies the TIBC is really lowered, the other link seemed

to be saying it would be " artificially " skewed making it appear

different that the actual value really is.

Do yo have any info on this or were you aware of it? I would

appreciate any comments or clarification you can give or point me to.

thanks,

sol

>

> exactly -

> In a nutshell, the full fasting ferritin panel is very volatile,

that

> is because bacteria and viruses thrive on iron rich blood.

> Our clever bodies know this, and when a virus or bacteria threaten

> (or inflammation, always good to get a CBC with a ferritin panel

and

> compare WBC's for imflammation) then the body stores serum iron

away

> into the liver, elevating ferritin and decreasing serum iron and

> depending on where in that process the test happens the tsat can

move

> about too.

>