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How To Increase The Ferritin Levels For A Diabetic Patient ?

MY mother is 45 years old . she is a diabetic patient with fbs 111 mg//dl. According to reports her haemoglobin is 10.10 gm. ferritin level is10.1 ng/ml.Iron level 53.5.

how to increase ferritin level.are medicines enough or injection is required.if injection required then for are the side affects of injection.
medicines taken for diabities
glimulin 1mf 1000
cetapin xr 1 gm
plz rply
Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal.

Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query

The fact remains that iron, ferritin and TIBC are all tests meant to test the iron stores in the body. A low ferritin means the reserves in the body for iron are very low. And as can be seen in the query, the levels of iron are just about normal.

With a hemoglobin of 10.1, if she has no symptoms, I would prescribe tablets to my patient.The iron supplememtation orally may take longer time than iv injections to replace a given dose. However, it is still better than the risks of intravenous injections.

I will therefore suggest the same to you. If the oral iron therapy is not well tolerated, then and only then would I recommend injectible iron therapy.

Once the therapy is started, a repeat hemoglobin may give you a good idea how the therapy is helping. Also suggest testing Vitamin B12 and folate levels

I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck.

I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.

Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.

Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. Please feel free to ask another query. Would be glad to help you.
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How To Increase The Ferritin Levels For A Diabetic Patient ?

Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query The fact remains that iron, ferritin and TIBC are all tests meant to test the iron stores in the body. A low ferritin means the reserves in the body for iron are very low. And as can be seen in the query, the levels of iron are just about normal. With a hemoglobin of 10.1, if she has no symptoms, I would prescribe tablets to my patient.The iron supplememtation orally may take longer time than iv injections to replace a given dose. However, it is still better than the risks of intravenous injections. I will therefore suggest the same to you. If the oral iron therapy is not well tolerated, then and only then would I recommend injectible iron therapy. Once the therapy is started, a repeat hemoglobin may give you a good idea how the therapy is helping. Also suggest testing Vitamin B12 and folate levels I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. Please feel free to ask another query. Would be glad to help you. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)