Huge jump in ferritin level

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My ferritin jumped from 39 to 168 in 6 weeks! I was supplementing iron

aggressively(200 mg a day) and eating a lot of red meat and taking T3. Could it

be possible that this represents an increase in iron stores--or an infection? If

it's an infection, once the illness is past, how long does it take for the

ferritin to drift downward to a 'real' level?

Whitmore