ferritin is a protein that helps to store iron and release it at key times. iron is essential for red blood cell production which gets oxygen to all your major tissues and organs. ferritin can be high in some infections and may be a response to your brother's body and immune system reacting to the hiv some other infection or it could represent a genetic predisposition to high ferritin. regardless high ferritin levels and hence high iron levels can cause problems with the liver and other organs in the body so best thing to do is make sure he goes to see a doctor for his hiv to follow up on this high test. i have high ferritine level in my blood and also high levels of iron what can i do to lower to lower these levels. thanks denise
my brother was recently diagnosed with hiv and he also has high ferritin levels in his blood. is there a connection?