Help With Iron Labs

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Just had my iron labs done. Here are the results:

Total iron: 52 (ref. 40-160)

Iron Binding Capacity: 333 (ref. 250-450)

% Saturation: 16 (ref. 15-50)

Ferritin: 238 (ref. 10-232)

My doc says I have inflammation and a possible bacterial infection which is

causing the high ferritin and that I'm fairly low on iron. Due to having Hashis,

he feels taking more iron right now would be like pouring gasoline on a fire for

my autoimmune.

I have a fairly strong RT-3 problem.

Free T-4: 1.7 (ref 0.8-1.8)

Free T-3: 223 (ref 230-420)

RT-3: 41 (ref 11-32)

My question is this. I've read on these boards that just being functionally hypo

for so long and being on Synthroid for 30 years could cause some severe

inflamation. I've tried taking T-3 (12.5 mg) after stabalizing my adrenals which

had crashed (25 mg HC for two months now) and still felt hot and angry. I'm sure

it's the low iron, but how do I correct this problem if I can't take any iron

due to Hashis? I don't know where to go with this if my hypo is creating the

inflammation and the inflammation is creating the RT-3 hypo problem. Any

thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I'm stumped. Michele

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>Just had my iron labs done. Here are the results:

>

>Total iron: 52 (ref. 40-160)

>Iron Binding Capacity: 333 (ref. 250-450)

>% Saturation: 16 (ref. 15-50)

>Ferritin: 238 (ref. 10-232)

I'm learning about iron labs and these don't look good

>

>My doc says I have inflammation and a possible bacterial infection which is

causing the high ferritin and that I'm fairly low on iron. Due to having Hashis,

he feels taking more iron right now would be like pouring gasoline on a fire for

my autoimmune.

>

He's right you are low, the ferritin is a false high, the % saturation

figure is the giveaway there, some recent correspoendence indicates

that should be at least 35% for good conversion ,

>I have a fairly strong RT-3 problem.

>

>Free T-4: 1.7 (ref 0.8-1.8)

>Free T-3: 223 (ref 230-420)

>RT-3: 41 (ref 11-32)

About as bad as it can get! a ratio of 5.4 and very hypo to go with

it.

The high FT4 is a giveaway too, if that goes over 1.4 then it tends to

convert to RT3.

>

>My question is this. I've read on these boards that just being functionally

hypo for so long and being on Synthroid for 30 years could cause some severe

inflamation. I've tried taking T-3 (12.5 mg) after stabalizing my adrenals which

had crashed (25 mg HC for two months now) and still felt hot and angry. I'm sure

it's the low iron, but how do I correct this problem if I can't take any iron

due to Hashis? I don't know where to go with this if my hypo is creating the

inflammation and the inflammation is creating the RT-3 hypo problem. Any

thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I'm stumped. Michele

Iodine causes a hashhi's flare up but I have not heard of iron doing

it.

The only thing you may get from supplementing iron is an improvement

in T3 levels due to improved T4 utilisation.

There are lots of iron deficient people with hashi's who supplement

safely.

It is worth trying iron, the Blue Bonnet has a good reputation.

You till need to supplement `50 to 200 mg of elemental iron a day to

get a significant improvement and it will still take months. Build up

to that dose over a couple of weeks

This dose will need to be split into twice a day and taken with

vitamin C to help absorbtion. you need to take it an hour after your

T4.

Personally I would lower the T4 dose based on those labs, supplement

iron heavily and try some T3 after a month added to the reduced dose

of T4 and then swap to T3 only after 2 months on iron.

Discuss it with your Dr and see why he things iron will cause a hashi

flare up? It's a new one on me and I've read 90% of messages here over

the past 14 months

Nick

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