High Cooper levels, have you had them how you level them out?

Hello there,

just wondering if guys were able to level out the high cooper levels and how, my levels came back at 247 and cant figure out what made them so high,

any input or information please I am really worried.

thank you,

Me! And I never found anyone else, so it's sort of exciting :) My doctors were pretty much clueless - I saw many.

So first you should rule out Wilson's Disease - I did this with my optometrist who checked for Kayser-Fleischer rings.

If you have any copper in your life, remove it and retest in 3-6 months. Copper cookware, copper IUD, copper in your vitamins. It's hard to find a copper free multivitamin. I think this is the one I used.

Meanwhile, have the people in your household get their copper tested to see if it's environmental.

Have some people you're closely blood related to get tested to see if it's genetic - parents, siblings, children.

Those are all the things I did that my doctors recommended and nothing was found.

Then, after doing my own research, I stopped using hormonal birth control - the pill in my case.

I got retested 3-6 months after stopping it and, voila, my copper was in normal range.

Thank you Gwen, I started looking into things yesterday when my doctor called and said my level is 243! I was 149 in May and cannot figure out what has changed

I will check everything in the house just in case, my vitamins have no copper in them but I did started taking a combo of potassium, magnesium & calcium just about a month ago, I also take lots of iron because if I don't I have to get infusions yearly and this is the first time my ferritin comes back at a decent number of 14 so my doctor said no infusions this year, I'm puzzled and confused

today I have an eye doctor appointment and will see what he says

thank you for the suggestions I will do everything you said I need to find out what's going on.

Good luck! My investigation was super frustrating. I saw my PCP, my optometrist, a hematologist, and an endocrinologist and they were all at a loss. :/

Hi Ladies,

I had not heard of this so I am glad you asked and found someone that has! Gwen knows her stuff so she can be a great help to you. Curiosity got the better of me and did a search on the main forum and only found a couple of other threads talking about it. Here is the link.

https://www.obesityhelp.com/search/?q=high%20cooper%20levels

Keep us posted on things go and what you find out

Take care,

Kathy