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Does stress cause high ferritin ?
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Yes: Ferritin is your body's major storage protein for iron. A normal adult male should have a plasma ferritin level of 50 to 100 ng/ml. When inflammation or other stress is present, the body responds by increasing ferritin. One reason may be that many bacteria need iron to survive, and increasing ferritin makes less iron available for any bugs in your system.
Answered 10/3/2018
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