I don't think so. The doctor would have chosen to add ferritin to any test request, although the lab may have chosen to do ferritin if some of his...
My understanding of iron/ferritin is simplistic. Ferritin is a measure of your iron stores. When iron in the blood is too low a healthy body...
He obviously hasn't read the NICE guidelines which say anything under 30 is evidence of iron deficiency. See post #2 above.
What does HK mean?
I have always assumed they are different, but then I am not reliable on this subject and anything I say should be checked. My understanding of...
I suffer from intermittent "inappropriate sinus tachycardia" although I've never heard it called that, and it was put down to anxiety (naturally -...
You have my sympathies. [rhetorical question] I wonder what the connection is between breast/nipple pain while breastfeeding and epsom salts. Is...
Many, many years ago (early teens) I thought I was suffering from constipation. I don't know how I found out but I learned that epsom salts was a...
If someone has been in pain for many years, that has been ignored, disbelieved and dismissed, of course they are likely to be angry! But anger is...
From the full paper - my emphasis : The use of "the majority" in the bolding above is misleading. It isn't a majority of the studies that used...
I have been tested for SIBO. I found one apparent absurdity that I still don't understand. From this link :...
I don't blame this poor woman for terminating treatment. Apart from anything else, the patient appears to live in the USA. So she is paying for...
I know this thread and the poll is no longer current, but in case anyone is interested I just found a website with un-watermarked pictures which...
My brain is struggling to take that sentence in. Is it saying that people who smoke have more stomach acid than those who don't smoke? That amazes...
Do you mean you took Betaine HCL or Betaine HCL with Pepsin in capsule form, or something else? There are various rules to be followed to get the...
As people age they produce less and less stomach acid. And yet who are the people most likely to be on acid-blocking or acid-reduction medications...
So, Covid is recognised as causing problems in the lungs, the brain, it affects women's reproductive organs, it has gastrointestinal effects,...
I thought that the best probiotics had to be "live". Covid, which would (as far as I know) usually be accompanied by a fever, would probably...
I hate that word "distress". It's like a beacon to the reader - BPS gaslighting here...
Title : Lyme disease: Man spent £25,000 before getting diagnosis Link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-60202952 There is a short video on...
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