Ferritin test
Your body’s iron store.
€14.75. You pay at the desk, not online.
- Preparation: No fasting needed on its own
- Prescription: Not needed
- Results: In the Rosa app, within 10 working days
- Also called: Ferritina
Ferritin test: what it is for
Ferritin is your body’s iron store. Its level in your blood shows how much iron you have put aside. It is usually the first number to drop when iron runs short, before haemoglobin does.
Why it is done
Iron carries oxygen to your muscles and brain. When you are short of it, your body uses the store and ferritin drops.
Your blood count can stay normal for a long time while the store empties. That is why ferritin finds a shortage before other tests do.
How the ferritin test is done
It is a blood test, done at a Bianalisi lab without a prescription. You can add other tests to the same draw.
Questions about the ferritin test.
Do I need to fast for a ferritin test? Not for ferritin. It is usually done with other tests that do need fasting, though, so it is best to arrive fasted.
How much does the ferritin test cost? €14.75, from Bianalisi’s private list for Lombardy. You pay at the desk on the day of the draw, not online.
Do I need a prescription for the ferritin test? No. You book it here without a prescription and pay at the Bianalisi desk.
When do results arrive? Within 10 working days, in the Rosa app, with each value next to the lab’s interval. The report a doctor approves is in the Rosa membership.
