Guest guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Look up " hemochromatosis " . Has he had just serum iron checked? Or has he also had his serum ferritin checked? What about total iron- binding capacity/transferrin, along with transferrin per cent of saturation. You need all of these to rule out hemochromatosis. On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:02 PM, " nrscase " <nrscase@...> wrote: > My husband has been donating blood regularly but is still having > trouble getting his iron levels down. I have stopped cooking his > food on cast iron, he isn't eating a ton of red meat but we still do > consume it at least a few times a week. At his last annual checkup > his liver function was fine. What could be the cause? The donation > center told him he needs to talk to his doctor. If he has to start > donating once a month we can do that but I would like to figure out > what the problem is and how we might be able to correct it through > diet. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > > __._ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Can't you donate platelets more often than whole blood? IIRC my brother is doing that. > > My husband has been donating blood regularly but is still having trouble getting his iron levels down. I have stopped cooking his food on cast iron, he isn't eating a ton of red meat but we still do consume it at least a few times a week. At his last annual checkup his liver function was fine. What could be the cause? The donation center told him he needs to talk to his doctor. If he has to start donating once a month we can do that but I would like to figure out what the problem is and how we might be able to correct it through diet. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Have you looked up the sources of dietary iron to make sure he's not eating too many of them? Here are a few: http://www.healthcastle.com/iron.shtml http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/iron.html (scroll down) Here is a site for people with hemochromatosis that says dietary control may not be a good solution (but maybe they mean for people with genetic problems that caused it). Their solution is to give blood weekly or bi-weekly until the iron level is down to a normal level. The goal, I guess, is to prevent liver cancer as cancer needs iron to grow. http://www.ironoverload.org/Diet.html > > My husband has been donating blood regularly but is still having trouble getting his iron levels down. I have stopped cooking his food on cast iron, he isn't eating a ton of red meat but we still do consume it at least a few times a week. At his last annual checkup his liver function was fine. What could be the cause? The donation center told him he needs to talk to his doctor. If he has to start donating once a month we can do that but I would like to figure out what the problem is and how we might be able to correct it through diet. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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