A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Blood Tests for Iron Status'

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A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Dr Sikaris trained at the Royal Melbourne, Queen Victoria, and Prince Henry's Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals. He obtained fellowships from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists in 1992 and 1997 respectively.
Dr Sikaris was Director of Chemical Pathology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne between 1993 and 1996. A NATA-accredited laboratory assessor, Dr Sikaris specialises in Prostate Specific Antigen, cholesterol and quality assurance and is currently chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Committee on Analytical Quality. His expertise is highly sought and he has presented extensively at national and international symposiums.
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  • @panaceiasuberes6464
    @panaceiasuberes64643 жыл бұрын

    Still my favourite lecturer after all these years. His small but very scientific role in "That Sugar Film" was truly enlightening.

  • @iandalton6887
    @iandalton68873 жыл бұрын

    The simplest explanation of remedies for problems noticed after iron studies, that I have ever seen !

  • @kimberlytarpley3741
    @kimberlytarpley37413 жыл бұрын

    Wow VERY informative. More informative than my own hematologist.

  • @Gengh13
    @Gengh133 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, thanks for the introduction to the iron panel, can't wait to see the confused look in my doctor when I ask for the tests.

  • @alfredopampanga9356

    @alfredopampanga9356

    Жыл бұрын

    Confused look ? No, not all

  • @spadada
    @spadada2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I wish doctors would get more training from people like you so they can better understand the tests they are giving. Even hematologists seem to misunderstand the importance of optimal ferritin levels.

  • @melissag.664
    @melissag.6643 жыл бұрын

    This lecture was incredibly enlightening! People who raise their children vegetarian are causing long-term irreparable harm. 😔

  • @YouTuber-ep5xx
    @YouTuber-ep5xx3 жыл бұрын

    Cheat Sheet: The important test is serum ferritin. Low, below 10, means iron deficiency, anemia, below 30 watch it. High, above 200, can mean iron overload, inflammation, hepatitis, cancer. Bacteria/infection tend to consume your iron, body responds by trying to hide/horde iron. Carnivore does not cause hemochromatosis (excess iron/iron overload).

  • @jessicali8594
    @jessicali85943 жыл бұрын

    Too many people follow diets far too high in refined carbohydrates, hence low copper, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc.

  • @scottw2317

    @scottw2317

    3 жыл бұрын

    funnily enough with high carb diets can exacerbate haemochromatosis. One of the issues being inflammation of not the liver but kidneys stopping the flushing out of some of the iron. there are many stories of very high iron levels dropping from keto or carnivore diets are kidney function changes.

  • @njsongwriter

    @njsongwriter

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually refined flour has been fortified with iron. This iron is toxic because it's not in a form that's bioavailable.

  • @dennisbauer3315
    @dennisbauer33153 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much.

  • @malcolmsargeant7818
    @malcolmsargeant78183 жыл бұрын

    A very interesting presentation, myself and my family suffer from hemachromatosis , very high ferritin high transferritin saturation.

  • @calexprenas
    @calexprenas2 жыл бұрын

    good patient education around what these studies mean is sorely lacking; this was wonderful and helped me understand something that i have read up on many times and still failed to grasp, until now.

  • @b4bmm
    @b4bmm Жыл бұрын

    Would have been nice to touch on the best sources of iron or things that might prevent iron absorbtion.

  • @TraePlusTv
    @TraePlusTv3 жыл бұрын

    My iron was extremely low a year ago and it fully explained my fatigue. I was worried about the iron supplements because of the reviews but I got my labs drawn with a company called Personalabs. Educated myself on iron and how I can elevate the levels, did my studying and implemented the things I learned and I was able to get my levels up on my 3 month checkup. I believe the panel I ordered was the healthy male checkup from Personalabs for like $100

  • @eapenninan4950
    @eapenninan49503 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @kevkonk
    @kevkonk2 жыл бұрын

    Serum Ferritin 301 anything to do with cold feet, fingertips?

  • @paulam1596
    @paulam15963 жыл бұрын

    I just found out my ferritin is 6 and now going through iron infusion Venofer.

  • @Gengh13

    @Gengh13

    3 жыл бұрын

    Start eating liver.

  • @KJB0001

    @KJB0001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mine was 7 and in a few months it went up to 12 with desiccated bovine liver pills from amazon. Watch the videos on the website that explains their formula. Also, you could grind up a few ounces of liver and hide it in a meatloaf. Or eat little neck clams. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087BMSLZJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • @sassuki

    @sassuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Gengh13 you can't rely on liver too much, else you get Vitamin A overdose. Liver is good once a week. For the rest of the days, you need to get your daily steak or chunk of meat.

  • @sassuki

    @sassuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KJB0001 Not enough. You need to correct the deficiency fast using high-dose iron tablets (80 to 100mg) combined with 1.000mg vitamin C to improve absorption. With 100mg it takes 100 days to get up 100 points in the ferritine score. But make sure you take the Vitamin C tablet with it at the same time!

  • @Structuredrelaxation

    @Structuredrelaxation

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sassuki unless you eat polarbearliver you can't overdose it. there is no dokumented case of vitamin-a-intoxication from normal liver. Toxicitiy cases only occur when highly supplemented. You just can't go wrong with eating liver.

  • @dig1035
    @dig10352 жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up and subscribed!

  • @bigdanny9721
    @bigdanny97213 жыл бұрын

    How about the copper in the body?

  • @manny4491
    @manny44913 жыл бұрын

    I almost lost my leg years ago because of an infection! I was taking 2 iron tablets a day as directed by my doctor! I wonder if the iron helped the infection?

  • @sassuki

    @sassuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily. Also depends on the dosis. If you say 2 tablets, this sounds like low-dose.

  • @alfredopampanga9356

    @alfredopampanga9356

    Жыл бұрын

    More likely to be your cigarettes or diabetes

  • @alfredopampanga9356
    @alfredopampanga9356 Жыл бұрын

    The Prof could have usefully elaborated on iron deficiency WITHOUT anemia. This condition can be quite debilitating and responds to a week or so of iron supplements Muscle aches , fatigue go away

  • @Unsensitive
    @Unsensitive3 жыл бұрын

    Single carrier of H63D here. Incidentally found out I had elevated liver iron by participation in an MRI research study, later got genetic testing which picked it up. Currently just outside the normal range, maybe in mild overload. I started donating blood every 2 months, and plan to the rest of my life. Sad part is if I get diagnosed with hemichromatosis, they won't accept my blood anymore, letting it go to waste. And then I'll have to pay to have it removed..

  • @alfredopampanga9356

    @alfredopampanga9356

    Жыл бұрын

    The blood will be used

  • @aliendroneservices6621
    @aliendroneservices66212 жыл бұрын

    14:08 "If there's any history of vegetarian or veganism, twice as likely to be iron deficient."

  • @stevephla
    @stevephla3 жыл бұрын

    Hemochromatosis is pretty common. And treatment via phlebotomy or donation is simple, but nobody seems to state to exactly what ferritin level is the optimal target. Ferritin below 1000 seems to be asymptomatic. Ok great. So if I am at 1000 I should begin treatment so that the disease processes don’t begin as my levels continue to creep up. But how low should I go? 500? 50? Would love some clarity here.

  • @iandalton6887

    @iandalton6887

    3 жыл бұрын

    Steve PHL, his graph at 10:33 shows a an optimum of 100-300 for Men !

  • @JD-rc6lq

    @JD-rc6lq

    3 жыл бұрын

    Given the causes of high ferritin he mentions at 8:56 one should probably figure out the cause before self-treating.

  • @KenSikaris

    @KenSikaris

    3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent question. While the risk to the liver is decreased when ferritin falls below 1000, the transferrin saturation doesn’t normalise (

  • @stevephla

    @stevephla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JD-rc6lq My question assumes a diagnosis of homozygous hemochromatosis.

  • @stevephla

    @stevephla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KenSikaris Thanks. Yeah, I'm leaning that way. Although Paul Mason mentions that some of his hemochromatosis athletes feel "lousy" below 500. So it's an odd nut to crack.

  • @TimL1980
    @TimL19803 жыл бұрын

    Just checked: last "iron" test: 88micrograms/decilitre.... also the cutoff appears to be 53 here....

  • @sassuki

    @sassuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's talking about the ferritine cut-off, not the iron one. Ferritine is usually measured in µg/L, not dL.

  • @coweatsman
    @coweatsman3 жыл бұрын

    Someone coughing. A bit of a concern.

  • @philjohns3533

    @philjohns3533

    3 жыл бұрын

    The cougher should have been removed...paid to sabotage the lecture

  • @aliendroneservices6621
    @aliendroneservices66212 жыл бұрын

    31:31 "Carnivore diets do not cause hemochromatosis."

  • @btudrus
    @btudrus3 жыл бұрын

    what about insulin?

  • @sassuki

    @sassuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    Has nothing to do with it. But Vitamin C does. Vitamin C improves the absorption.

  • @aliendroneservices6621
    @aliendroneservices66212 жыл бұрын

    4:08 Serum iron is a useless test.

  • @wocket42

    @wocket42

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also just testing for two of the three is also not giving you the whole picture. So I gather: do all three or save the money.

  • @TimL1980
    @TimL19803 жыл бұрын

    A great remedy for iron deficiency for girls that refuse meat is blood 😁🍷🥩 I always drink that half glass when I open another packet of steaks - but I'm sure most people let it go to waste - thus making it an alternative for those whackoes that don't want to inflict (additional!?) harm. (Not getting into the whole "how many animals are killed for your breakfast cereal" thing here.)

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