SERUM FERRITIN
Why Is This Test Done?
Note : Increase in serum ferritin due to inflammatory conditions (Acute phase response) can mask a diagnostically low result
Comments
Serum ferritin appears to be in equilibrium with tissue ferritin and is a good indicator of storage iron in normal subjects and in most disorders. In patients with some hepatocellular diseases, malignancies and inflammatory diseases, serum ferritin is a disproportionately high estimate of storage iron because serum ferritin is an acute phase reactant. In such disorders iron deficiency anemia may exist with a normal serum ferritin concentration. In the presence of inflammation, persons with low serum ferritin are likely to respond to iron therapy.
Increased Levels
- Iron overload - Hemochromatosis, Thalassemia & Sideroblastic anemia
- Malignant conditions - Acute myeloblastic & Lymphoblastic leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease & Breast carcinoma
- Inflammatory diseases - Pulmonary infections, Osteomyelitis, Chronic UTI, Rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, burns
- Acute & Chronic hepatocellular disease Decreased Levels
- Iron deficiency anemia
Preparation Instructions
No special preparation is requiredFERRITIN in Hyderabad A ferritin test will help your doctor understand if you have low or high levels of ferritin in your blood. A ferritin blo