Serum Ferritin High

[MattInUSA]

Good afternoon is it normal when you have Diabetes to also have high levels of serum ferritin. Thank you victoria

How high is high?
Edit: And I concur with everyone stating that haemochromatosis should be looked after. Even high ferritin in absence of the disease can still cause problems. I suspect it can even exacerbate diabetes (besides damaging beta cells) since the excess iron causes inflammation which will impair glucose sensitivity.

 

[Angela64]

Can't help about diabetes, but if I were you I'd definitely ask for a haemochromatosis test. Not many doctors are aware of it, and it's surprising how many people have hemochromatosis, especially if you are of Irish decent (also known as the 'Irish Curse'). The treatment is easy, you just have to give blood weekly, monthly, 6 monthly or yearly, to bring the iron in your blood down, if you don't have any health issues, your blood will go into the national blood bank to help those in need. Haemochromatosis (hemochromatosis in the US) is not dangerous per se, but in later life the high level of iron build up in your blood could clog your liver, heart, etc. You need to research it. See https://www.haemochromatosis.org.uk/

I have it, Compound version, nightmare as keep getting told I don’t need treatment etc, but according to the Society they are getting Componfs with symptoms. My Ferritin is 210 over the woman’s top figure.
I have also Peripheral Atrial Fibrillation and previously Supra-ventricular Tachycardia. I keep getting told that they are not caused by the Haemochromatosis but do not trust the drs know enough about the condition and I have family history of stroke deaths.