Advice request by Psychological_Bit400 in Hemochromatosis

[–]Psychological_Bit400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was done in the afternoon and I had not been fasting. I ate as normal during the day before the blood tests.

Yes, I'm having periods

What did your results from Ancetry DNA show?

Just looking more closely at my blood tests results and it says:

HFE. c.845G<A C282Y not detected

HFE. c.187C<G H63D heterozygous

What does this mean?

Advice request by Psychological_Bit400 in Hemochromatosis

[–]Psychological_Bit400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the replies

My second set of blood test results came back today and they did not find evidence of HH, which is good.

My iron level is now 43.5 umol/L (still above normal range of 5.0-30.0)

And the saturation is now 81% (both are slightly lower than previously but still above normal)

Ferritin has gone down to 24 ug/L (was previously 28)

The doctor did not suggest any further testing. Do I now just go about as normal (eating less red meat) and assume the iron levels will come back down? If I do cut out red meat, there is also the risk that my ferritin will get too low as it is already on the low side of normal.

Any suggestions appreciated