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24 years old W. My ferritin is 11 — is it really “low-normal”?
I recently had bloodwork done and my ferritin came back at 11 µg/L. My doctor told me that everything else in my bloodwork looks normal and described my ferritin as basically “low-normal.”
What worries me is that she initially wasn’t going to prescribe anything. I had to push and ask whether I should be taking iron, and only then she prescribed ferrous sulfate 300 mg.
From what I’ve read, a ferritin of 11 seems pretty low, so I’m confused about why it was treated as almost normal.
Has anyone else had ferritin around 11 with normal hemoglobin/other bloodwork? Did your doctor consider that iron deficiency? Were you prescribed iron right away, and did you notice any improvement in symptoms?

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