Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC)

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Total iron binding capacity (TIBC) is a blood test to see if you have too much or too little iron in your blood. Iron moves through the blood attached to a protein called transferrin. This test helps your health care provider know how well that protein can carry iron in your blood.

TIBC is usually higher than normal when the body’s iron supplies are low. This can occur with: Iron deficiency anemia. Pregnancy (late)

In iron-deficient conditions, the relative transferrin content compared to iron content increases, and thus the TIBC values are high. The opposite happens in iron overloaded states of the body; the quantity of free transferrin in blood decreases, and consequently, TIBC values are low.

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