Hi all, I've had some blood tests done due to having tiredness, bleeding gums and angular cheilitis for the last few months and while everything's coming back within normal range, some are quite low in the ranges and I've read things on here where people say they only feel ok over a certain level so I'd love some feedback please on how things look and what (if anything) I could do in terms of taking supplements to improve things.
Vitamin D – 72 (deficiency < 25, sufficiency > 75 so I'm mildly insufficient)
Serum ferritin – 43 (10-291)
Serum vitamin B12 – 349 (211-911)
Serum folate – 15.5 (2.8-19)
Total white cell count – 3.2 (3.2 – 10.5)
Red blood count – 4.39 (3.6 – 4.9)
Haemglobin – 136 (110-153)
Platelets – 134 (120-400) – I've had bruising/pinprick rashes at this level before so might well be the cause of the bleeding gums.
Lymphocytes are low – 0.75 (0.8-3.1) but they always are and have been lower in the past
LFTs - Mostly seem ok but alkaline phosphate was at the very bottom of the range (8) and I've just read something saying that low levels are caused by malnutrition (celiac or vitamin/mineral deficiency).
UE, glucose look fine to my untrained eye.
TSH was over 2 so too high but I will get that sorted out by the hospital who manage my (non-autoimmune) thyroid issues. I don't think this is the full answer to the tiredness though as it's been much higher in the past and I've not felt as bad.
Other possibly relevant information is that I'm veggie (no meat or fish but I do eat dairy and eggs) and have been on the combined pill since last summer – I'm pretty sure that's the reason for the TSH increasing.
Thanks in advance.
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Blood test results help needed please
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penguins33 · 07/06/2016 20:48
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