Thread: Ferritin levels
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Old Mon Jan 1, 2018, 06:27 PM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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I would check it again a couple of times to make sure it's rising. FE is an acute phase reactant meaning that just about anything can cause it to be elevated. Any infection, fever, inflammation can cause an increased lab reading but doesn't really mean that your iron level are increasing.
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