Ferritin & iron status in perimenopause
Heavier or irregular bleeding is common in perimenopause, and low ferritin is associated with fatigue and hair shedding long before haemoglobin drops. These articles explain which iron markers to test and how to read them together.
- Low Ferritin: The Hidden Cause of Fatigue and Hair Loss in Women — Why your ferritin levels matter more than your hemoglobin – and what to do when your doctor says your iron is "fine".
- Which Blood Tests for Hair Loss in Women? (And Why Most of Them Don't Help) — You've done the tests. Everything came back "normal." And yet — the hair keeps falling out. The problem isn't missing data. It's how that data is interpreted.
- Hair Loss in Perimenopause: Causes, Hormones, and What Actually Works (Female Hair Thinning in Your 40s Explained) — Female hair loss in your 40s rarely has a single cause. It’s the interplay of hormones, iron stores, thyroid function, and time — and that’s exactly what makes it so hard to figure out.
- Thyroid Hair Loss in Women: Why Your TSH Can Be "Normal" — and You're Still Losing Hair — Your TSH came back normal. But your hair is still thinning. The answer lies not in TSH — but in how your thyroid hormones are converted, and what else is shifting at the same time.
- Is My HRT Working? How to Tell If Your Hormone Therapy Is Dialled In — You started HRT — but how do you know it is actually working? Why a single blood value cannot tell you, and what to do when you barely feel a difference.
- Heavy and Irregular Bleeding in Perimenopause: What Is Normal and What Is Not — Cycles of 21 days, then 45. Bleeding like a flood, clots, doubling up on protection. Why this is so common in perimenopause, where the red lines are, and which values belong in the picture.
- Constant Fatigue in Perimenopause: When Sleep Stops Restoring You — Eight hours of sleep and still exhausted. Why fatigue in perimenopause rarely has one cause, which five values you should know, and how to tell exhaustion from sleep debt.