Ferritin Level Blood Test: Purpose, Procedure, and Results

Ferritin Test Test Overview, Defination, Purpose, Normal Value and Result Interpretation

CBC & Ferritin: What blood tests reveal about health!

As an oncology/hematology provider, I don’t treat iron deficiency as a supplement problem — I treat it as a clinical warning sign. In adults, iron deficiency is blood loss until proven otherwise. This is the framework I use: • confirm it’s real by trending labs over time • assess ferritin (iron storage) and iron saturation (usable iron) • check for hidden gastrointestinal bleeding • evaluate gynecologic causes — chronic iron deficiency is never “normal” • don’t forget urine testing for occult bl

Fatigue and hair loss can be due to low ferritin (iron deficiency) and many don’t know they have this #ferritin #chronicfatigue #hairloss #irondeficiency #anemia