I am utterly baffled by these blood test results, please someone explain
So I high normal-high iron in my blood but Low serum ferritin??? What does that mean though? I know Serum Ferritin is a protein that stores blood so that means I don't have a lot of iron in stock right now but what does that MEAN though??? Does that mean the proteins aren't working properly? How do you treat proteins?? I'm clearly eating enough iron- I make sure of it, and always with vitamin C- but how will that change the fact that I'm not ABSORBING it correctly? Surely that's not a dietary issue but a malabsorption issue?????
And I have low Serum Ferritin but a HIGH red blood cell count ???? What ????
Low potassium I guess and high lymphocytes I guess?? So now what??
Doctors never ring me up to discuss the results and when I ring them up they just say "it's normal so don't worry."
Is it?? Is consistently low Serum Ferritin for years now normal??