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Hi there my ex wife blood results came back and her ferritin is very high ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Ferritin: Ferritin stores iron and releases it when the body needs it. Cause of increased ferritin include: obesity, hemochromatosis, inflammation, daily intake of alcohol, Leukemia, hyperthyroidism, liver disease (like chronic hepatitis), rheumatoid arthritis, repeated blood transfusions, type 2 diabetes mellitus, iron poisoning & Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Weakness, fatigue, abdominal or chest pain, joint pain &

Answered 11/14/2017

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