Results of lab work - Vit D and Ferritin questions.

Because of raised liver enzymes - (low-to moderate), my Dr. ordered a gazillion tests. She's checking for autoimmune liver disease...an ultrasound is ordered, too.

I just saw online some of the results:

Yay - after 4 weeks of being off antibiotics, liver enzymes are back down in range.
INR (blood clotting) - is in range
CRP - in range
hydroxy Vit.D - 83

Ferritin - on the low side = 26 - it's in range, but then the explanation underneath says I have probable deficiency.

Still waiting for ANA, and a few others

So, is 83 ideal for Vit D...or should I be taking more? I am on average taking 2000 IU per day

Also, anyone know how I can be in the range for Ferritin, but then says probable deficiency. (BTW my hemoglobin is always in a healthy range)...so it's just my liver 'stores'.

I used to give my son a liquid iron supplement from the health food store prior to his Celiac diagnosis...wondering if I should take it for awhile...and bring the Ferritin up?

Hi Girlie~

When I saw my LLMD in Feb he said he likes to see folks right around 80 for Vit D, so I think you are in a good spot for it!

Ferritin, I don't know much about this one. I was at the very bottom of normal and it didn't raise any concerns from my regular doc or LLMD.

Glad to hear your enzymes are down, that's great news! I had mine checked today and I am curious to see the results.

ferritin and iron - I read they're the same???

Great Girlie! All my test results were also normal this time with the exception of my thyroid panel. I think with treatment and getting my bacteria load down, it made mine go down. Also I used to have low blood pressure and in past year it was high and finally it is down again.

Keep doing what your doing!

Thanks all!

What I don't understand on the report is: It showed the range, and i think the bottom end was something like 15, so I thought great, I'm in range. Then there was a 'blurb' beneath, and it said:

<15 = deficiency
15-50 = Probable deficiency
51-100 = Possible deficiency
>100 = Deficiency unlikely - or something like that.

Sarah - do you remember what you 'number' was?

Revive how long have you been back on your antibiotics since the break? For me, treatment wasn't helping my liver enzymes...they were up and down for the first few months of treament, and then after that were steadily climbing - still not very high, though.
And then within 4 weeks of stopping, they were back down to what they were at the beginning of treatment.

Fronton - I was pretty sure the higher enzymes was from antibiotics...and I even said to her we could hold off on all the other tests, and just check my liver enzymes in a few weeks...but she said she didn't want to wait. I'm fine with that...as I got another ANA....which I just wanted to check anyway. We had tested my ANA at the beginning of symptoms...and I often wondered if it was too early. I still question whether there is an autoimmune disease going on....whether it was triggered by lyme...or not.

She also checked my INR (related to blood clotting) - said that was to do with the liver, too. I've had some veinous pooling in my feet...and my veins in my hands are bulging...so I was glad to hear that it's in range. When I put my hands up higher than my heart, they look normal...so I read that means my blood isn't returning back to my heart properly..
Don't know why that is happening.

Thanks Lymie Mom - I know online I read that my Vit. D was in range...but I wanted to double check that with the informative people on this forum!!!
Let us know how your results are...

Girlie, check out what Dr. Horowitz says in his book about venous pooling. It starts at the very bottom of page 364. It can be very much a part of Lyme disease:
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Girlie, I'm looking at my old test results. I had one done in August where the Ferritin was 5 and is marked as low. I think after that we supplemented iron and got it up to 26, which is better. The reference range is 10-291 ng/mL

My Iron levels were "low" at 25 and were bumped up to 36 with supplementation. (Ref range 30-160)