Re: What causes low ferritin in a women who has gone through menopause?

[Guest guest]

Sometimes low ferritin goes hand-in-hand with low stomach acid. Stomach acid

usually decreases with age, making it harder to absorb the necessary iron from

foods. So a 30-year-old who easily absorbed all iron needed from food may find

herself, 10+ years later, with low ferritin and in need of iron supplements.

People who take lots of antacids will also impair their iron absorption, by the

same mechanism, they have lowered their stomach acid.

I believe the aging factor is true of vitamin b12 as well, the older one is the

more likely one is to not be absorbing it adequately from food anymore, and in

need of supplementation.

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> My gastro doctro is concerned about my low ferritn 23, 70 - 90 range. He has

scheduled me for a colonoscopy and egd. I'm very worried that I may have cancer

or something serious.

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> Jackie

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply, I feel a little better knowing their are reasons other

than having cancer to cause low ferritin.

You would think the doctor would have told me about antiacids impairing iron

absortion. He treated me for an ulcer a few years ago and knows that I was

taking antiacids.

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> > My gastro doctro is concerned about my low ferritn 23, 70 - 90 range. He

has scheduled me for a colonoscopy and egd. I'm very worried that I may have

cancer or something serious.

> >

> > Jackie

> >

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[Guest guest]

Low ferritin is also caused by low T3. MANY hypothyroid peopel have lwo

ferritin men and women alike! Your body wil lhave trouble holdig ont

iron while it is hyothyroid as well .

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[Guest guest]

>You would think the doctor would have told me about antiacids impairing iron

absortion. He treated me for an ulcer a few years ago and knows that I was

taking antiacids.

Maybe he didn't realise the connections.

Here is some info from STTM on Ferritin

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ferritin/

Nick

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