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Could it really be that simple, an iron deficiency the cause of all my problems...?
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<blockquote data-quote="Systemlord" data-source="post: 146697" data-attributes="member: 15832"><p>As many of you know I have had a lot of strange symptoms since I started TRT, from red burning itchy dry skin, rashes or hives on legs, decades long chronic cough with inflammation in the upper respiratory tract. It seems the higher I push my TRT dosage, the symptoms keep piling on, diarrhea, then bloating (IBS), followed by fatigue, then very stiff sore burning legs muscles (RLS) and even mental confusion during these episodes.</p><p></p><p>Today it all happened in this order, metallic taste in mouth, incredible fatigue, minutes later diarrhea, 10 minutes later IBS or extreme bloating, legs cramping, burning and became very stiff, had very low cognition and was confused and couldn't form complete sentences, even stuttering words and just layed there in a daze.</p><p></p><p>Everytime I research these symptoms, only one link kept popping up, iron deficiency on every single one, even the chronic cough I've had for about 20 years, iron deficiency is linked to weak immune function and is linked to autoimmune disorders.</p><p></p><p>Also recently Mike at Defy noticed my MCV and MCH were barely in range and hinted I may be borderline iron deficient and wanted to test ferritin and serum iron. Apparently when MCV and MCH were higher, Total T and Free T was higher. Now that MCV and MCH are bottomed out, Total T and Free T is lower.</p><p></p><p>It was more than two years ago I had a couple of iron tests and while I know there are old and awaiting new labs, doesn't anyone see a problem with my previous iron labs, note I had low testosterone back when these iron labs were drawn.</p><p></p><p>Iron = <strong>61</strong> mcg/dL - 59 - 158 mcg/dL</p><p>Total iron binding capacity <strong>425</strong> mcg/dL - 250 - 425 mcg/dL</p><p>Iron saturation <strong>14</strong>% - 20 - 50 %</p><p></p><p><u>Test ordered:</u></p><p>Ferritin</p><p>Iron and TIBC</p><p>Vitamin B12</p><p>Vitamin B9</p><p>Vitamin D, 25-hydroxy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Systemlord, post: 146697, member: 15832"] As many of you know I have had a lot of strange symptoms since I started TRT, from red burning itchy dry skin, rashes or hives on legs, decades long chronic cough with inflammation in the upper respiratory tract. It seems the higher I push my TRT dosage, the symptoms keep piling on, diarrhea, then bloating (IBS), followed by fatigue, then very stiff sore burning legs muscles (RLS) and even mental confusion during these episodes. Today it all happened in this order, metallic taste in mouth, incredible fatigue, minutes later diarrhea, 10 minutes later IBS or extreme bloating, legs cramping, burning and became very stiff, had very low cognition and was confused and couldn't form complete sentences, even stuttering words and just layed there in a daze. Everytime I research these symptoms, only one link kept popping up, iron deficiency on every single one, even the chronic cough I've had for about 20 years, iron deficiency is linked to weak immune function and is linked to autoimmune disorders. Also recently Mike at Defy noticed my MCV and MCH were barely in range and hinted I may be borderline iron deficient and wanted to test ferritin and serum iron. Apparently when MCV and MCH were higher, Total T and Free T was higher. Now that MCV and MCH are bottomed out, Total T and Free T is lower. It was more than two years ago I had a couple of iron tests and while I know there are old and awaiting new labs, doesn't anyone see a problem with my previous iron labs, note I had low testosterone back when these iron labs were drawn. Iron = [B]61[/B] mcg/dL - 59 - 158 mcg/dL Total iron binding capacity [B]425[/B] mcg/dL - 250 - 425 mcg/dL Iron saturation [B]14[/B]% - 20 - 50 % [U]Test ordered:[/U] Ferritin Iron and TIBC Vitamin B12 Vitamin B9 Vitamin D, 25-hydroxy [/QUOTE]
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