Does anyone have any experience with Iron overload with Anemia. Further to that, it appears these issues have lead to impaired kidney function and hypothyroid.
I understand the body doesn't eliminate excess Iron except through blood loss. It also has a built in mechanism to prevent too much accumulation of Iron, mine mechanism seems to be broken - Hemochromatosis. Seems like a the simple fix would be to donate blood until my levels were back down to normal. Due to the Anemia, this doesn't appear to be an option.
I'm trying to put this all together to see which front to attack first. Since Iron is pro-inflammatory, I'm guessing that's what needs to be addressed first, which would improve the kidney function, which could assist with Anemia, and then the thyroid could come back to normal (as it's likely responding to inflammation)?
Anyone have input? I have lab values that I can add to this when I have access.
Blood Chemistry Report
Marker Value
- Glucose 96
- Hemoglobin A1c 5.1
- Uric Acid 6.2
- BUN 21
- Creatinine 1.40
- Sodium 138
- Potassium 4.2
- Chloride 101
- C02 24
- Calcium 9.5
- Phosphorus 4.7
- Magnesium 2.1
- Protein, total 6.2
- Albumin 4.3
- Globulin 1.9
- A/G ratio 2.3
- Bilirubin 0.6
- Alkaline Phosphate 54
- LDH 141
- AST 30
- ALT 20
- GGT 16
- TIBC 222
- UIBC 75
- Iron 147
- Iron saturation 66
- Ferritin 215
- Cholesterol, total 280
- Triglycerides 24
- HDL 115
- LDL 160
- Triglycerides / HDL Ratio 0.21
- TSH 1.80
- T4, total 6.5
- T3 Uptake 37
- T3, Total 61
- Vitamin D, 25-hydroxy 53
- WBC 3.5
- RBC 3.63
- Hemoglobin 12.2
- Hematocrit 35.4
- MCV 98
- MCH 33.6
- MCHC 34.5
- RDW 13.4
- Platelets 164
- Neutrophils 48
- Lymphocytes 37
- Monocytes 11
- Eosinophils 3
- Basophils 1
- B-12 1213
