Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Those with low ferretin leves, what have you done about it that has worked well? ~Inga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 We'll see, and I plan on co-monitoring my labs. Thank you for your concern, though. One can never be too careful Cheers, Friday > > Friday, be careful with the comments of your new doc. Low Ferritin > does not necessary correct itself when you correct female hormonal > problems. It can be related to other yet unknown issues, and seems > to be common with many hypo folks. Even though I am on an optimal > dose of Armour, and have corrected most of my female issues, my > Ferrtin will fall if I stop my iron supplement. It would be great if > I could find out the cause, but so far, it's a mystery. Janie > > > > > I talked to my new doc about this one. His view is that in > > mensturating women with heavy periods (that would be me), their > > ferritin is low because of the bleeding. Giving iron is like > trying > > to cover the end of a garden hose with your finger - you're still > in a > > losing situation. He says that it better to treat the cause, > namely > > messed up hormones, than to just take iron to treat the symptom. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 We'll see, and I plan on co-monitoring my labs. Thank you for your concern, though. One can never be too careful Cheers, Friday > > Friday, be careful with the comments of your new doc. Low Ferritin > does not necessary correct itself when you correct female hormonal > problems. It can be related to other yet unknown issues, and seems > to be common with many hypo folks. Even though I am on an optimal > dose of Armour, and have corrected most of my female issues, my > Ferrtin will fall if I stop my iron supplement. It would be great if > I could find out the cause, but so far, it's a mystery. Janie > > > > > I talked to my new doc about this one. His view is that in > > mensturating women with heavy periods (that would be me), their > > ferritin is low because of the bleeding. Giving iron is like > trying > > to cover the end of a garden hose with your finger - you're still > in a > > losing situation. He says that it better to treat the cause, > namely > > messed up hormones, than to just take iron to treat the symptom. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 We'll see, and I plan on co-monitoring my labs. Thank you for your concern, though. One can never be too careful Cheers, Friday > > Friday, be careful with the comments of your new doc. Low Ferritin > does not necessary correct itself when you correct female hormonal > problems. It can be related to other yet unknown issues, and seems > to be common with many hypo folks. Even though I am on an optimal > dose of Armour, and have corrected most of my female issues, my > Ferrtin will fall if I stop my iron supplement. It would be great if > I could find out the cause, but so far, it's a mystery. Janie > > > > > I talked to my new doc about this one. His view is that in > > mensturating women with heavy periods (that would be me), their > > ferritin is low because of the bleeding. Giving iron is like > trying > > to cover the end of a garden hose with your finger - you're still > in a > > losing situation. He says that it better to treat the cause, > namely > > messed up hormones, than to just take iron to treat the symptom. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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