 This article is a reminder for health practitioners who check blood test results, including GPs, doctors, Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Dietitians, Allied Health practitioners, and others. This information and advice is especially related to the Iron Studies test and its biomarkers. Please remember this – you CANNOT determine if a patient has an iron deficiency or overload just from checking the Serum Ferritin test result! Despite what you may have been taught in college, university, or from other sources, Ferritin is NOT the main or best test for a patient’s iron status. The full Iron Studies test MUST be done (ie, serum iron, TIBC and/or Transferrin, Transferrin Saturation and Ferritin), and ALL of the Iron Studies test results must be checked and interpreted TOGETHER! Too many times we have seen practitioners, including doctors/GPs and others, suggesting that a patient has an iron deficiency or overload issue just from Ferritin alone, but all the other iron results indicate the opposite diagnosis. If the wrong diagnosis is made, such as an iron deficiency when in fact the patient has all the signs of an iron overload but with low Ferritin, the prescribed treatment of iron supplements and/or iron infusions can make the patient’s symptoms much worse. If your practitioner is only testing for Serum Ferritin, or diagnosing either an iron deficiency or even an iron overload issue from Ferritin only, then send them the link to this page!. The full article, with detailed explanations of three real case studies of recent patients being incorrectly diagnosed and treated, based on their Ferritin results, complete with references to published studies, is attached here as a PDF file to download for your reference. 
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