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Re: 1 year test results (with reduced carb & Spiro)
From: Naomi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 16 Oct 2001 02:23:44 -0500 (CDT)
Are there any reference for IR and low ferritin being linked together?
Please let us all know.
At Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Molly wrote:
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>Do you have the references for IR and low ferritin being linked? This is
>very interesting!
>Thanks!
>Molly
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net Behalf Of anne
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:52 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Re: 1 year test results (with reduced carb & Spiro)
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>At Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Beth wrote:
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>>Really my big complaint right now is hair loss, everything else is
>>great.
>
>>If anyone knows of any 'tips' for regrowing hair (not rogaine!), please
>>post them!
>
>Hairloss could be the result of low ferritin or low thyroid, or stress,
>or other things such as hormones. I've recently been reading about
>ferritin, Dr. Elizabeth Vliet says a woman should have a level of
>50-90, labs report 10-100something as normal so you could be in range
>but not optimal. I've had to specifically request ferritin be tested
>mine was 23, which meant nothing to my doctor but might explain a lot of
>my unresolved symptoms. I also saw that IR and low ferritin have been
>linked by researchers. Low ferritin (but not out of range levels) can
>cause hair loss.
>
>Thyroid hormones also have a wide normal range, typically .5-5.5, this
>range is cosidered wrong by many as undiagnosed hypos were included in
>the sample that established the normal lab range. The American College
>of Clinical Endocrinologist are now saying anything above three should
>be considered suspect for hypothyroid disease. A good endo these days
>will say that TSH should between 1-2 and T4 and T3 close to mid range.
>
>I have had hair loss in the past, I don't know why it occured when it
>did. I quit smoking and took lots of supplements - and I don't know if
>they helped either. It did come back, I had patchy hairloss and overall
>thinning. I think at that point I was beginning to have thyroid
>problems and considering my horrible diet, I wouldn't be surprised if my
>ferritin was low then I eat 100% better now and I'm half what is
>considered optimal.
>
>Good luck
>
>Anne
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