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Suggest Remedies For Iron Deficiency

Posted on Thu, 4 Aug 2016

Question: my primary care doc has done labs to show that I am very anemic. I have been for at least a year or two. my iron is 26. my saturation is 7%. my IgA is <7. my IgM is 49. my IgC is 1600. Soluble Transferrin Receptor is 8.0. Ferritin is 8. B12 is 533. folate is 20. albumin is 4.1. globulins all normal. interp-PEP normal, no monoclonal. immunofixation interp-low immunoglobulin. i am being scheduled for iron infusions once a week for 3 weeks. i am pretty worried about all this and have read the side effects can be pretty bad. yoy can see in my medical history all the problems i have. is this the right thing for me to have? is infusion safer and better than transfusion?

Answered by Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Iren infusions good solution, less risk than blood transfusion

Detailed Answer:
Dear Patient,

the Infusion of iron is most likely a good solution for you and has less side effects than iron tablets and lower risks than blood transfusion.

With higher iron Levels you will very likely also feel better and have an improved quality of live.

Best regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar