What does ferritin 1100 mean?

Ferritin 1100 indicates elevated serum ferritin, which is common in malignant tumors, chronic inflammation, hemochromatosis, anemia, liver disease and other diseases. Serum ferritin is an important indicator to determine the body’s iron storage capacity, which is important for the diagnosis of nutritional status, iron deficiency anemia and other diseases. The normal value of serum ferritin for normal men is less than 322 ng/ml, for women is less than 219 ng/ml, and hemochromatosis is generally greater than 1000 ng/ml. Elevated serum ferritin is generally due to increased sources of ferritin or impaired clearance, malignant tumors (hepatocellular carcinoma), inflammation, etc. can increase the synthesis of ferritin, hemochromatosis increases the body’s iron storage, chronic liver disease, hepatic necrosis, and other diseases make liver cell damage function decline, so that ferritin is elevated. Elevated serum ferritin can be seen in a variety of diseases, the specific causes need to do the relevant examination to be clear, and actively comply with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.