Celiac And Ferritin Levels

[mamazoocrew]

Greetings to you all. My 11 year old daughter and I are going through the process of diagnosis at the moment and I have a question regarding Celiac disease and Ferritin levels. I have a long history of tummy upsets and have only recently heard of Celiac disease. For the past year and a half my Ferritin levels have been constantly low although I am not technically anemic. Does anyone know if Celiac can lead to low iron stores without necessarily causing anemia? Thanks for any input.

[CantEvenEatRice]

Greetings to you all. My 11 year old daughter and I are going through the process of diagnosis at the moment and I have a question regarding Celiac disease and Ferritin levels. I have a long history of tummy upsets and have only recently heard of Celiac disease. For the past year and a half my Ferritin levels have been constantly low although I am not technically anemic. Does anyone know if Celiac can lead to low iron stores without necessarily causing anemia? Thanks for any input.

I had low iron levels before being diagnosed with Celiac. Sometimes they were in the anemia range and sometimes not, but even if they were just on the low end of normal I felt horrible! I took the SlowFE iron brand. I still take iron in a multivitamin and when I don't feel that great, I take the extra iron in the form of SlowFE. Low iron levels can definitely be a sign of Celiac because you are not absorbing the correct nutrients.

[mamabear]

Greetings to you all. My 11 year old daughter and I are going through the process of diagnosis at the moment and I have a question regarding Celiac disease and Ferritin levels. I have a long history of tummy upsets and have only recently heard of Celiac disease. For the past year and a half my Ferritin levels have been constantly low although I am not technically anemic. Does anyone know if Celiac can lead to low iron stores without necessarily causing anemia? Thanks for any input.

You may already have your answer to your condition, but celiac can certainly show low ferritin and no overt anemia. My ferritin levels were dropping with no blood in the stools and had not reached anemia ,technically speaking. Mine was that way, and a biopsy showed celiac sprue with villous blunting .The GI said the duodenum looked normal, but the microscope obviously disagreed! I had no prior blood work, so the "gold standard" made the diagnosis.

[Ursa Major]

Low ferretin levels and anemia are amongst the most common symptoms of celiac disease. In fact, it is now believed that all people with iron deficiency should be tested for celiac disease. With some it was the only obvious symptom, even if their villi were completely destroyed.