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It is a blood test that helps to know the level of ferritin in your blood. Ferritin is an intracellular protein that stores iron in a non-toxic form and releases it when and wherever required. Thus measuring this test helps to know the amount of iron stored in the body. The level of ferritin blood test if found lower than normal range, it may indicate that your body iron store is also low and suggest that you have iron deficiency type of anaemia. And if the level of ferritin test is found higher than normal range, it may indicate that you have a condition in which too much iron is stored in body such as hemochromatosis.
This stored iron is the buffer stock in cases of iron deficiency. Of this a small amount is in plasma as a carrier protein and the concentration of this is an indirect marker of body iron stores. Ferritin also acts as an acute phase reactant in inflammatory conditions. Ferritin that is not combined with iron is called Apoferritin.
The ferritin blood test is usually recommended by your health practitioner -
To diagnose iron deficiency anaemia in case of symptoms like excessive tiredness, weakness, breathlessness, headaches etc
Low levels are seen in:To look for excess iron in the body in case of symptoms like joint pain, weakness, weight loss, pain in abdomen etc
High levels are seen in:The development of iron deficiency anaemia is a gradual process. In case of iron deficiency, body first uses stored iron (i.e., ferritin) and blood levels of ferritin will begin to decrease. In the early stages of iron-deficiency, blood levels of iron can be normal while stored iron, and therefore ferritin levels, will begin to decrease.
ADULT Normal range:
| Men | 22 to 322 nanogram/millilitre |
| Women | 10 to 291 nanogram/millilitre |
PEDIATRIC REFERENCE RANGE (ng/mL)
| Newborn | 25-200 |
| 1 Month | 200-600 |
| 2-5 Month | 50-200 |
| 6 month- 15 year | 7-140 |
These values are for reference and may vary from laboratory to laboratory