My ferritin levels came back perfectly normal at 286. However, RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, transferrin and abs lymphocytes are even a slight bit lower than they were before. Iron is right on the border of low. Strange. because today I'm not experiencing any dizziness or weakness and had a...
Just spoke with my doc. We're running some new iron levels, ferritin, etc. He said he'd prescribe me a high dose of iron if the levels are low. Thanks for your help and info, I really appreciate it.
One of several sources on the web re: anemia/low BP:
Other symptoms of iron deficiency anemias may include:
irritability
weakness
shortness of breath
low blood pressure (especially when going from lying or sitting to standing)
sore tongue
brittle nails
unusual food cravings (called pica)...
I just discovered a lot of the levels were drawn on March 5 with my CBC and I didn't pay any attention to them, I was mostly concerned with RBC's. My MCV, MCH, MPV and platelets are all normal. RBC's are low at 4.23. They didn't run MCHC or iron saturation labs. I'm seeing my GP in two...
That's a lot of iron, or maybe I'm not understanding iron dosages. I'm reading 45mgs. is the highest recommended dose. Can you recommend a brand, by any means?
Hey, thanks for getting back to me. Testosterone has always strangely been normal, but free t and bioavailable have always been low. (33.1 and 62.2) Sex hormone binding globulin has been high at 92. We repeated the labs four times before he decided to try me out on trt. My endocrinologist...
I started taking 50mg iron tablets about five days ago, wondering if that was the issue. It may be too early, but I haven't seen any results so far. I'm going to ask my doc to run some more labs and specifically check my ferritin. How long did it take you to regain normal levels, and what...
Hi. I'm new to the forum and happy to be here. I'm noticing a lot of posts are about trt gel, which I started 6 weeks ago; I joined a trt forum on Reddit and no one seemed to be taking my questions very seriously because I wasn't doing injections.
After about three days of starting Androgel...
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