Re: Giving blood with low ferritin...

[Guest guest]

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Giving blood will lower your ferritin levels from what I have read. I also know my ferritin levels went down when I was giving blood for different tests. Years ago, when I was donating for a marrow drive, I know that they wouldn't take anyone that was on certain medications, and one of them was thyroid medication. So you might want to call and ask. If your ferritin level is low, I would not donate, just my .02

Terri

From: shelbyla1022

Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:34 PM

To: RT3_T3

Subject: Giving blood with low ferritin...

So here's a weird question... I regularly give blood and I am coming up on my donor date (April 2nd). Is it safe/advisable to give blood with low ferritin? Does giving blood have any impact on ferritin levels or T3 or anything? With the medication in my blood, is my blood ok to give?Just wondering...

[Guest guest]

Giving blood lowers ferritin levels. I would like to donate, too, but with my

low ferritin I can't, it would just make my ferritin even lower. I have to

selfishly hang on to every drop.

As an example of this, there is an uncommon disease called hemochromatosis,

where iron levels are too HIGH. The usual treatment for hemochromatosis is

GIVING BLOOD because giving blood lowers iron.

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> Giving blood will lower your ferritin levels from what I have read. I also

know my ferritin levels went down when I was giving blood for different tests.

Years ago, when I was donating for a marrow drive, I know that they wouldn't

take anyone that was on certain medications, and one of them was thyroid

medication. So you might want to call and ask. If your ferritin level is low, I

would not donate, just my .02

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> Terri

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> From: shelbyla1022

> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:34 PM

> To: RT3_T3

> Subject: Giving blood with low ferritin...

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> So here's a weird question... I regularly give blood and I am coming up on my

donor date (April 2nd). Is it safe/advisable to give blood with low ferritin?

Does giving blood have any impact on ferritin levels or T3 or anything? With the

medication in my blood, is my blood ok to give?

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> Just wondering...

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[Guest guest]

No, you would not want to donante blood while having low ferritin. It will only deplete you futher. S

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 9:34:14 PMSubject: Giving blood with low ferritin...

So here's a weird question... I regularly give blood and I am coming up on my donor date (April 2nd). Is it safe/advisable to give blood with low ferritin? Does giving blood have any impact on ferritin levels or T3 or anything? With the medication in my blood, is my blood ok to give?Just wondering...

[Guest guest]

Wow. Thanks for all the replies. I wonder if this could have impacted my last

ferritin test. I think it was about 10 days after I gave blood. Ok, no giving

blood for now. Bummer for all those people who need O neg...

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> So here's a weird question... I regularly give blood and I am coming up on my

donor date (April 2nd). Is it safe/advisable to give blood with low ferritin?

Does giving blood have any impact on ferritin levels or T3 or anything? With

the medication in my blood, is my blood ok to give?

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> Just wondering...

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