| Iron Iron is an essential trace element in your blood. It is necessary for forming healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen through your body, and for some enzymes, which perform tasks in your body. If anaemia is suspected the first test required is a full blood examination. This provides information about the amount of haemo ... |
| Iron studies Iron is needed to help form adequate numbers of normal red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body. Iron is a critical part of haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen in the lungs and releases it as blood travels to other parts of the body. Iron is also needed by other cells, especially muscle (which contains another oxygen ... |
| TIBC (Transferrin and Total Iron Binding Capacity) Transferrin is the main protein in the blood that binds iron and transports it around the body. These tests either indirectly or directly measure the amount of transferrin in the blood available to transport iron. It is difficult to interpret iron levels in the blood without knowing how much of the binding protein transferrin is also present. Transferrin, TI ... |
| HFE mutations The HFE gene contains the DNA code to produce a protein that is involved in the regulation of iron uptake by cells – mainly liver and intestinal cells. Some mutations in this gene affect its ability to regulate iron uptake and this leads to iron overload in the body causing hemochromatosis. |
| Ferritin Iron is an integral part of haemoglobin, the red protein that carries oxygen in the blood. An inadequate supply of iron is one cause of a fall in haemoglobin or anaemia.Iron is mainly stored in the protein ferritin, but also in another protein called haemosiderin. Ferritin and haemosiderin are present mostly in the liver, but also in the bone marrow, spleen ... |
| White Blood Cell Count The white blood cell (WBC) count indicates the number of white blood cells in a sample of blood. This count provides a clue to the presence of illness. White blood cells are made in the bone marrow and protect the body against infection and aid in the immune response. If an infection develops, white blood cells attack and destroy the bacteria or other micro- ... |
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