While WHO guidelines define iron deficiency as ferritin under 15, some recent research has found that biological changes occur when ferritin is under 25.
Ferritin can be elevated due to inflammation, infection, or other causes. Guidelines published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition propose that a ferritin value of 100 should be the cutoff for diagnosing iron deficiency.
Your ferritin levels are in the WHO's normal range.
However, in addition to indicating iron storage, ferritin
is an acute-phase reactant that can be elevated due to inflammation, infection, or other factors.
To learn more, you can check for whether you suffer from effects associated with low iron.
The effects below have been associated with low iron. Choose all that apply to you.
To get to the bottom of these effects, you may want to contact your doctor or have your iron and blood levels checked. Some ways to raise iron levels include eating iron-rich foods, cooking in cast iron, and taking iron supplements.