Does anyone have any Ferritin articles handy????

February 22, 2005

I had labs down 2 days before my cycle, and the ferritin tested at 28.

Endo had me come back mid cycle, and now my number was 36. Of

course, he thinks this is good. I see him on Monday, and would like

to go in with something in hand showing him that optimum is more like

70. Regardless, I will treat the low ferritin with our without him.

Thank you,

Marie

February 22, 2005

go to www.goodhormonehealth.comhttp://www.goodhormonehealth.com/> print out my

Dr's credentials as well as the article on iron and ferritin

Does anyone have any Ferritin articles

handy????

I had labs down 2 days before my cycle, and the ferritin tested at 28.

Endo had me come back mid cycle, and now my number was 36. Of

course, he thinks this is good. I see him on Monday, and would like

to go in with something in hand showing him that optimum is more like

70. Regardless, I will treat the low ferritin with our without him.

Thank you,

Marie

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February 22, 2005

go to www.goodhormonehealth.comhttp://www.goodhormonehealth.com/> print out my

Dr's credentials as well as the article on iron and ferritin

Does anyone have any Ferritin articles

handy????

I had labs down 2 days before my cycle, and the ferritin tested at 28.

Endo had me come back mid cycle, and now my number was 36. Of

course, he thinks this is good. I see him on Monday, and would like

to go in with something in hand showing him that optimum is more like

70. Regardless, I will treat the low ferritin with our without him.

Thank you,

Marie

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February 22, 2005

go to www.goodhormonehealth.comhttp://www.goodhormonehealth.com/> print out my

Dr's credentials as well as the article on iron and ferritin

Does anyone have any Ferritin articles

handy????

I had labs down 2 days before my cycle, and the ferritin tested at 28.

Endo had me come back mid cycle, and now my number was 36. Of

course, he thinks this is good. I see him on Monday, and would like

to go in with something in hand showing him that optimum is more like

70. Regardless, I will treat the low ferritin with our without him.

Thank you,

Marie

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February 22, 2005

Here's one, Marie:

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7399/1124?

maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=iron%

25252Bdeficiency&searchid=1054922899961_11753&stored_search=&FIRSTIND

EX=0&volume=326&issue=7399

" We found a significant response only in the patients with a

baseline serum ferritin concentration 50 µg/l. This suggests that

iron deficiency could be present even with a " normal " concentration

of serum ferritin. Indeed, the lower limit for serum ferritin

concentration is controversial: iron stores in the bone marrow may

serve as a better indicator of iron deficiency.19 One study compared

serum ferritin concentrations with iron stores in the bone marrow

and found that a serum ferritin concentration of 50 µg/l was

associated with a 50% chance of iron deficiency occurring in the

bone marrow.20 The lower reference limits for serum ferritin and

haemoglobin concentrations have been considered too low for women.21

The authors of that study advocate the adoption of the same

reference values for both men and women that " would be expected to

have fundamental and positive implications for women's health and

welfare. " Our study indirectly supports their conclusion by showing

that women can benefit from iron supplementation even if their red

blood cell counts are considered normal. "

>

> I had labs down 2 days before my cycle, and the ferritin tested at

28.

> Endo had me come back mid cycle, and now my number was 36. Of

> course, he thinks this is good. I see him on Monday, and would

like

> to go in with something in hand showing him that optimum is more

like

> 70. Regardless, I will treat the low ferritin with our without

him.

>

> Thank you,

> Marie

February 22, 2005