Iron! Too Much or Too Little

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* Personally I and most hematologists use actually a ferritin cutoff of 50 ng/dL


* GI iron absorption only returns to normal ferritins of 50-60 ng/dL

Iron! Too Much or Too Little

A video from Thomas Deloughery (as part of OHSU), posted on Jun 5, 2026.

www.vumedi.com

 

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Ferritin

 

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* the two enemies of iron absorption are tea and coffee


* tea dramatically decreases iron absorption by 70-80%, vitamin C probably doesn't overcome this



Dietary Iron

 

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Oral Iron Pills

Alternate Day Iron

 

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Etiology of Iron Deficiency

Contributors to Iron Deficiency

 

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Parental Iron Therapy

IV Iron is safe

Dosing IV Iron

IV Iron Dosing

 

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Remember!

 

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High Iron Labs

High Iron Saturation

Ferritin

Inflammation

Work Up of High Ferritins

 

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Pathway

 

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Genetic Hemochromatosis

HH Type 1

Genetics

Hemochromatosis NOS

 

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Ferritin

 

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Biopsy

Liver MRI Scan - Iron Overload

Therapy

Therapy: Hemochromatosis

 

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Goals of Therapy

 

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Erythrocytosis

Work-Up

 

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Thread 'What is the serum ferritin to diagnose iron deficiency?'

Dec 22, 2024

Robert Means Jr., MD

Robert Means Jr., MD

www.etsu.edu

Dr. Means joined the ETSU faculty in 2014 to serve as dean of the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine and continued as dean until 2018. He is board certified in internal medicine and hematology. He is internationally recognized for his research in hematology and brings his valued knowledge and experience to serve Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding regions. Dr. Means offers services to patients with non-malignant blood disorders including anemias, white blood cell diseases, platelet and coagulation/thrombosis...

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