What reason is fatty liver ferritin tall

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In addition to transaminase, albumin and globulin, ferritin is also one of the most important examination items in liver function examination. Ferritin is a soluble tissue protein that can store iron. It is mainly distributed in the liver and a small part in the spleen. The content of ferritin in normal people's serum is very low. However, patients often have high ferritin, Fatty liver ferritin is high what reason tell everybody.

What reason is fatty liver ferritin tall

First: suffering from certain liver diseases: such as liver necrosis, various chronic liver diseases, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver ascites, liver tumor, liver cancer, etc.

Second: suffering from a variety of anemia: such as sideroblastic anemia, aplastic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, hemolytic anemia.

Third: suffering from other diseases: such as inflammation or infection, hyperthyroidism, acute myeloid leukemia, lymphoma, pancreatic tumor, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc., or due to excessive iron load, such as primary hemochromatosis, repeated blood transfusion, inappropriate iron treatment, etc.

matters needing attention

The above is the relevant introduction of the reasons for high ferritin in liver function test. Finally, it reminds patients that in clinical medicine, serum ferritin is one of the important indicators for the determination of liver cancer, which is generally used in conjunction with alpha fetoprotein detection. If the detection value of alpha fetoprotein is greater than the normal value of alpha fetoprotein, that is, greater than 400 units / L, it is likely to be liver cancer. Therefore, patients with high detection of ferritin must be paid attention to, especially in patients with hepatitis B, must be timely combined with other relevant examinations, to find out the specific reasons, symptomatic treatment.