Ordered labs suspecting low Ferritin levels but results came back with abnormal levels
I am 36 year old male of Indian origin currently living in US. Recently, I have been feeling lethargic and often feeling the urge to nap every afternoon. My wife has low ferritin levels and is on iron supplementation. I suspected that I might have the same issue and got some labs done privately and was surprised when Ferritin level came back as 860.
After analyzing the results with ChatGPT, I went ahead and had bloodwork done for repeat Ferritin along with Iron and TIBC hoping that the previous result was a fluke. Got the results back with even more shocking numbers.
Ferritin: 876 ng/mL
Iron: 192 ug/dL
Iron Bind.Cap.(TIBC): 226 ug/dL
Iron Saturation: 85 %
UIBC: 34 ug/dL
This freaked me out and I immediately started looking for Gastro/Hepatologist appts but its been difficult to find any slots quickly especially without a referral. For now, I booked an appointment with my PCP for next week.
My father expired at fairly young age of 60 due to Non Alcoholic Cirrhosis. There is no diagnosed history of HH in my family but now I am heavily suspicious that this could be root cause of my father’s illness. Luckily, all my liver enzymes are in normal range for now.
Is it fine to wait for my PCP appt or does these numbers need more urgent evaluation?