Why Ferritin Face May Suggest Anemia Doctors agree that the signs of ferritin face parallel the outward signs of anemia . “Anemia is a condition when the body lacks enough red blood cells, resulting in your body’s essential organs not receiving enough oxygen,” says Raffi Karagozian, MD , a hepatologist and gastroenterologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. “One of the most common causes of anemia is low iron.” “Anemia can show several manifes…