Any nurses or doctors that know about iron plasma?

[njshep]

I have just went through a serious menstrual bleed that landed me in the emergency room.
may hemoglobin and ferritin has been low for quite some time.
I am very concerned as I just received my recent blood results from yesterday and ferritin is 20, hemoglobin is 103 but my iron plasma is 51 where normal range is between 6-27. I have never had high iron plasma before.
dies anyone know what this means?

Bump

you need the units of measurement not just the number.
iron levels are not the most useful number taken in isolation and bloods taken after an acute significant bleed need interpreting with some caution. The best people to advise you what it all means are the ones who ordered the tests/were looking after you.

Yes, thank you. It’s just that I don’t have a dr appointment to discuss imu til a few weeks and am quite concerned. The serum iron has never been high for me, always under 11. I am curious as to why in a month after a significant bleed this would jump to 51 when the upper range of normal is 27.
I am having surgery tomorrow for a fibroid abs wonder if I should bring this to my surgeons attention.

Did you receive an iron transfusion or a blood transfusion while you were in the ER?

No, I was given high doses of transaxemic acid to stop bleeding . I had taken an iron supplement hour and a half before I had my blood drawn.

is the recent test using the same units of measurements as your previous ones though? The tests may not be comparable.
Either way, it's not a terribly useful parameter in isolation, the person interpreting will look at the entire set of results and the clinical context in order to work out if it's a problem or not.