18-09-2014, 00:49
Lunice,
For me, it wasn't iron levels. I had literally everything under the sun checked. vitamins/minerals/all white/red blood cells were normal except for my neutrophils. It's been chronic, but I've had (in the past) high and low levels of neutrophils, without illness to be correlated to them. It's only now that a doctor has become worried, so I currently see a rheumatologist (connective tissue, i have livedo reticularis so the doc is trying to see if a rheumie can find a correlation to low neutrophils)...and also gastroenterologist.
The one grastroenterologist I was seen by had mentioned the possibility for a bone marrow biopsy if nothing is discovered. Until then, I'm seen via VA docs except for the local VA transferred my case to an external rheumie due to the VA rheum. quit...just like the one gastro doc I saw.
I wish it was as simple as iron, and there were a lot of ideas thrown around, but nothing that made sense.
I don't think I have the same issues as you Lunice (re: prolactin), just less developed breasts). Also, I'm vegan, so no meat/dairy for me (was considered an issue but upon further investigation is definitely not the cause of low wbc, only low rbc for those lacking iron, which I'm not)...
I do take multivitamins (DEVA brand).
For me, it wasn't iron levels. I had literally everything under the sun checked. vitamins/minerals/all white/red blood cells were normal except for my neutrophils. It's been chronic, but I've had (in the past) high and low levels of neutrophils, without illness to be correlated to them. It's only now that a doctor has become worried, so I currently see a rheumatologist (connective tissue, i have livedo reticularis so the doc is trying to see if a rheumie can find a correlation to low neutrophils)...and also gastroenterologist.
The one grastroenterologist I was seen by had mentioned the possibility for a bone marrow biopsy if nothing is discovered. Until then, I'm seen via VA docs except for the local VA transferred my case to an external rheumie due to the VA rheum. quit...just like the one gastro doc I saw.
I wish it was as simple as iron, and there were a lot of ideas thrown around, but nothing that made sense.
I don't think I have the same issues as you Lunice (re: prolactin), just less developed breasts). Also, I'm vegan, so no meat/dairy for me (was considered an issue but upon further investigation is definitely not the cause of low wbc, only low rbc for those lacking iron, which I'm not)...
I do take multivitamins (DEVA brand).