Today there are still more people will pay more attention to their own health, usually especially older people will go to the hospital on time for a physical examination, but the results of the physical examination will be high ferritin patients, then what is the cause of high ferritin.

Methods/steps

First of all, ferritin high caused by the cause is still more, for example, liver disease patients are also caused by ferritin high, aplastic anemia disorder is also caused by ferritin high main reason.

Secondly, cancer, such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and so on, is also the cause of high ferritin. Hepatocellular carcinoma causes high ferritin mainly because hepatocellular carcinoma cells can synthesize and secrete ferritin or isoferritin. The uptake and clearance of ferritin by hepatocellular carcinoma tissues are affected.

Finally, liver cell damage and necrosis is also the cause of high ferritin, and the ferritin stored in the liver cell plasma overflows into the blood and triggers high ferritin.

Cautions

High ferritin can also be caused by inflammation, and hyperthyroidism is one of the main causes of high ferritin.