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Low Iron Situation
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<blockquote data-quote="stevep" data-source="post: 93720" data-attributes="member: 13484"><p>I'm not 100% sure I'm asking this in the correct forum, if not a moderator can move it.</p><p></p><p>On my blood work in October my PCP found that my Iron level was low. I'm not sure how he concluded that from the October CBC Platelet and Differential since I don't see Iron specifically listed. </p><p></p><p>I advised him that I had donated a double red blood cell with the Red Cross about 3 weeks prior and that may be the cause (and 120 days prior to that as well). I met with him a couple days ago for a 90 day follow up and he ran a couple test to see if the iron level had return within range. It had not. Below are the results I have from October and this week:</p><p></p><p><strong>January:</strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hemoglobin (Hgb) - 14.9 (</span><span style="color: #000000">14.0-18.0 (gm/dL))</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">Hematocrit (HCT) - </span><span style="color: #000000">48.7 (</span><span style="color: #000000">42.2-53.8 (%))</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #AE2025">Iron - </span><span style="color: #AE2025">24 (</span><span style="color: #AE2025">45-182 (ug/dL))</span></p><p><span style="color: #AE2025"></span></p><p><span style="color: #AE2025"></span><strong><span style="color: #000000">October:</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #AE2025">Hemoglobin (Hgb) - </span><span style="color: #AE2025">13.1 (</span><span style="color: #AE2025">14.0-18.0 (gm/dL))</span></p><p><span style="color: #AE2025"></span><span style="color: #000000">Hematocrit (HCT) - </span><span style="color: #000000">43.6 (</span><span style="color: #000000">42.2-53.8 (%)) </span></p><p></p><p>Besides the blood donation the only thing that has changed is me adding daily Zinc and Magnesium. I'm not sure if either of these can contribute to the low iron results. </p><p></p><p>I've been eating additional meat for the protein since I'm hitting the weights harder at the gym. I really thought that and time might be enough to bring my Iron level up.</p><p></p><p>When I received the call from my PCP office they said he is going to put me on some drug for 30 days to see if that increases my Iron. Additionally, he wants to check my stools to ensure I'm not loosing blood that way. I'll go by his office tomorrow to get the RX and find out what he's putting me on for a month.</p><p></p><p>I've cancelled my whole blood donation I had scheduled for next Monday.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts on this? Could the Zinc be the issue?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevep, post: 93720, member: 13484"] I'm not 100% sure I'm asking this in the correct forum, if not a moderator can move it. On my blood work in October my PCP found that my Iron level was low. I'm not sure how he concluded that from the October CBC Platelet and Differential since I don't see Iron specifically listed. I advised him that I had donated a double red blood cell with the Red Cross about 3 weeks prior and that may be the cause (and 120 days prior to that as well). I met with him a couple days ago for a 90 day follow up and he ran a couple test to see if the iron level had return within range. It had not. Below are the results I have from October and this week: [B]January:[/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Hemoglobin (Hgb) - 14.9 ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]14.0-18.0 (gm/dL)) [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Hematocrit (HCT) - [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]48.7 ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]42.2-53.8 (%)) [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]Iron - [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]24 ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]45-182 (ug/dL)) [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]October:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]Hemoglobin (Hgb) - [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]13.1 ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif]14.0-18.0 (gm/dL)) [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Hematocrit (HCT) - [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]43.6 ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]42.2-53.8 (%)) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#AE2025][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/COLOR] Besides the blood donation the only thing that has changed is me adding daily Zinc and Magnesium. I'm not sure if either of these can contribute to the low iron results. I've been eating additional meat for the protein since I'm hitting the weights harder at the gym. I really thought that and time might be enough to bring my Iron level up. When I received the call from my PCP office they said he is going to put me on some drug for 30 days to see if that increases my Iron. Additionally, he wants to check my stools to ensure I'm not loosing blood that way. I'll go by his office tomorrow to get the RX and find out what he's putting me on for a month. I've cancelled my whole blood donation I had scheduled for next Monday. Any thoughts on this? Could the Zinc be the issue? [/QUOTE]
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