Would Blood panel be affected by donation 3 days previous?

[albatross]

Because of timing I have had to do a blood panel 3 days after giving blood and I am worried it will skew results. I was going to wait 10 days after the test but because I have to travel for work I have just had to bite the bullet and get it done early.

I predict that HCT will be lower than usual but will it affect any other markers? particularly hormones?

 

[captain]

I had MCHC elevated on CBC after donation. Everything else I remember was normal.

 

[madman]

Because of timing I have had to do a blood panel 3 days after giving blood and I am worried it will skew results. I was going to wait 10 days after the test but because I have to travel for work I have just had to bite the bullet and get it done early.

I predict that HCT will be lower than usual but will it affect any other markers? particularly hormones?

No!

 

[Vince Carter]

I would expect that it would though I don't know. My Dr has advised me 2 weeks for a CBC after donating but that's specifically about HCT levels and not hormones. I shoot everyday so it wouldn't matter but if the donation was poorly timed between your shots ya I think it would possibly skew some things.

 

[albatross]

Results are in and all hormones were down by about 20%-30%

Total T has been rock solid at 1000-1200 the last 9 months but these results had it around the 800 level.

Everything else had dropped as well. So maybe it is a coincidence or maybe blood donations do skew things for a few days.

 

[madman]

Results are in and all hormones were down by about 20%-30%

Total T has been rock solid at 1000-1200 the last 9 months but these results had it around the 800 level.

Everything else had dropped as well. So maybe it is a coincidence or maybe blood donations do skew things for a few days.

Donating blood has absolutely no impact on lowering T levels.

 

[Vince Carter]

Just for the convo sake when I donate blood I never take my regularly sched injection until after I'm done. Just seems the right way to approach it.

I think it's pretty obvious your looking at serum levels and having a blood draw would reduce something, I don't know but that's just the way that I approach my care.

 

[Cataceous]

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I think it's pretty obvious [you're] looking at serum levels and having a blood draw would reduce something, I don't know but that's just the way that I approach my care.

Arguably the blood loss is transiently reducing the distribution space, in which case levels of testosterone could actually rise a little in response to the continuing inflow from injected depots.

 

[TorontoTRT]

3 days post blood donation I had a blood test to see how the donation impacted my high HH. The numbers already reflected the donation results. Hct 56 down to 50. Hg 19 down to 17.

 

[Systemlord]

Hct 56 down to 50.

That's a big decrease in HCT.