Am I anemic?

[CleoKitten]

I've attached a picture of hb blood test. One.of them has a below the limit. I have low ferratin of 18 and 3.1 of folate. 18 serum iron. My doc says these are all normal results and not concerning. So why do I feel like crap all the time?

Ferritin below 30 is evidence of absolute deficiency according to the NHS's own Guidelines. Google NHS CKS Iron Deficiency and have a read. You need ferritin at 70 at least to be optimal.

Without the range it is difficult to be categoric, but that folate looks way too low to me as well. It needs to be at least in double figures.

Again, without the range, cannot comment on serum iron.

Low ferritin and/or low folate can make you feel awful.

How are you feeling now OP. My Ferratin is 9 and I am post menopausal feel rubbish.

I had a ferritin text recently which came back at 12 and reference range was 10-120... when you say below 30 is absolute deficiency, what's the reference range there?