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I did not expect my anemia to be that bad. Got results, Ferritin less than 1.5, normal range 15-158 for women. Is it possible to fix it with oral supplements or do I need an infusion? I was diagnosed with anemia 2 years ago and was hoping to fix it with dietary changes, but obviously it did not work.
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Monkey123 lia25347
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I'm not sure as I'm still trying to figure it out myself. My ferritin is a 4 and I was told supplements alone will not bring it up at this point? I then see where supplements alone do help people. I just started a iron pill about three weeks ago. I decided to try that first. I will retest in another month. If there's no rise in my bloodwork, I will look into injections.
Do you know why your ferritin is so low?
martin31040 Monkey123
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lia25347
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it has been somewhat low for a long time now, I think because my diet is not very rich in iron, I don't eat very much meat and my periods are quite heavy. However lately I started to exercise much more, and probably my body uses much more iron when building muscles, so my ferritin dropped even more. I do not see other reasons or symptoms of internal/intestinal bleeding.
martin31040 lia25347
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Hi, that is extremely low, you can buy a supplement call Bisglycinate iron supplement, you get it in capsules form, I used it and my ferritin level rose from 39 to 138 in 8 weeks which I thought was pretty fast, Iron supplements take time to raise the ferritin level, the good thing about Bisglycinate is far less side effects, gut issues, I had none, what I did I opened up the capsule into half a glass of water with effervescent vitamin C tablet in it, vitamin C helps the Iron to absorb a lot better, I don't think diet alone will raise your ferritin level fast enough, you would need to eat things like chicken liver or other animal liver that contain Heme iron the best absorbed, plants have none Heme iron, does not absorb well, what does your GP say.