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Are you often tired? Do you have a poor appetite or feel mentally less sharp? Then you might be suffering from a low iron level. Many people have an iron deficiency without even knowing it. You can easily measure your iron deficiency with an Easly test.
With an Easly self-test, you measure the iron in your blood at home, using a sample you’ve taken yourself. You perform a finger prick in the morning before your first meal to collect blood. You send the sample to our lab where it is thoroughly analyzed. Approximately 48 hours after receipt at the laboratory, you can view your results.
Iron is an important mineral. Our body does not produce iron itself but obtains it from our diet. It is necessary for producing hemoglobin. Hemoglobin ensures that oxygen can be transported throughout the body.
An iron deficiency usually manifests as anemia, also known as anémie in medical terminology. A lack of iron in the blood leads to a lack of hemoglobin, which is equivalent to anemia.
A low result on an iron test can have several causes:
The last category, 'loss of iron', is the most common cause of iron deficiency. Iron loss usually occurs due to chronic blood loss. This can be harmless, as a result of heavy menstrual periods in women of childbearing age; but also less harmless, for example, due to blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract caused by a tumor. Additionally, there are other causes for iron loss, for example, as a result of chronic inflammation, an autoimmune disease, or a malignancy.
Iron in its 'free form' is present in the body only in very low concentrations. In the blood, iron is largely bound to a transport protein called transferrin.
Iron that is not immediately used is stored in the liver thanks to the binding protein ferritin. Therefore, a lack of ferritin and an excess of transferrin are also interesting values to measure in an iron deficiency test.
A low iron level can lead to a lack of hemoglobin, or anemia.
With an Easly iron test, you can easily measure anyone's iron level (woman/man).
Women in the fertile phase of life need higher iron levels than men because they lose more iron through menstruation. Pregnant women also need more iron, which is necessary for the production of extra blood during pregnancy. If the iron level at the beginning of pregnancy significantly deviates from the normal iron value, an iron supplement may be necessary, as iron stores are replenished very slowly through diet.
The most common complaints with a low iron level are:
The Easly iron level self-test is done with a finger prick. Blood collection should be done in the morning, as a meal can cause significant fluctuations in free iron.
You can easily send the collected sample to the laboratory using the provided return envelope. After our analysis, you can view the results in your personal results dashboard.
