Can anyone help with blood test results and iron levels

[dreamingofsummerx]

I’ve been feeling pretty under the weather for a long long time now. Tiredness, short of breath, my hairs falling out. Just generally feeling pretty grotty with horrible acid reflux (although a course of Omeprazole is now helping that thankfully!). The GP did some bloods and booked a follow up appointment next week however the results have since come back with everything marked as no further action and the GP has cancelled the appointment.

Everything did come back normal except my FBC however I noticed my ferritin level was the lower end of normal so wondered if taking some over the counter iron supplements might help or whether I’d be causing more harm then good since it is technically normal?

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

You would definitely feel better if you could get ferritin above 50 at least.
Iirc it needs to be above 70 for healthy hair growth.
Did they test B12 and thyroid too?
Low Vit D can also cause a lot of symptoms but is rarely tested in many places as studies have shown most people are low so advice is just to supplement anyway.

Omeprazole can affect absorption of iron, b12 & other vitamins though.

@ChronicallyOversharing I’m already on injections for low b12 and my thyroid tests came back normal.

Ah I’d never thought about low vit d- maybe a supplement for that would help too.