Hematocrit and blood donatIon

[KM2016]

hi guys, according to you and your doctors with hematocrit of 50 is it right to make bloodletting? I have been in trt for 4 years and I have always ematocred around 50, the doctor tells me that up to 52 there is no need for bleeding ....
you with these values raised blood? how much blood do you take and how many days?

 

[Mycelium]

I have been donating as often as the American Red Cross says I can. I skipped donation for a while because I got surgery. At my last donation mine was a little high. Talked about TRT with the lady. Nothing major. She didnt even bat an eye. Said it is actually kind of a good thing having higher red blood cells in the blood for the person getting it.

Donating to often can cause issues because our bodies have to make more. It can lead to problems with iron . . . I think. . . .someone more experienced and educated will come in with more details. My TRT provider says slightly higher levels are to be expected and unless we get to far high alright.

 

[Slhardee]

When hemoglobin gets above 17.1, or Hemocrite is over 50, you need to do a donation. This means in laymans terms you have Thick-blood. This is not good. If you are not out of range you do not have to donate.

However, doing regular blood donations is a good idea while on TRT. Your Numbers will creep up while on TRT. This is why most of us donate regularly.

 

[Mprtz]

51 is generally top of range for men. I wouldn't worry about being at the top of the range, or even a little over. I'm probably at 53 or so maybe as high as 55 and I use to fret about it more, but I'm no longer sure that being slightly high poses that much of a risk and I've cut back on blood donation because it has been difficult to keep my ferritin levels up. This is the iron-containing blood protein that can be depleted by frequent donation.

 

[KM2016]

What do you think of this study on a population that lives at 4000 meters in height and has up to 61% of hematocrit?
Perhaps we can endure a hematocrit much above the limit of 50 ....
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11682015

 

[Nicky_eye_lids]

After a donation, most people's haemoglobin levels are back to normal after 6 to 12 weeks. This is why donors are asked to wait for a minimum of 12 weeks between donations (12 weeks for men and 16 weeks for women) to ensure that they don't risk lowering your haemoglobin levels over the long term.

 

[Mprtz]

After a donation, most people's haemoglobin levels are back to normal after 6 to 12 weeks. This is why donors are asked to wait for a minimum of 12 weeks between donations (12 weeks for men and 16 weeks for women) to ensure that they don't risk lowering your haemoglobin levels over the long term.

Iron metabolism is very complicated... Hemoglobin will recover and may even reach high levels again, but ferritin may continue to decline with each donation. In most people, hemoglobin and ferritin are somewhat correlated - that is why blood banks typically check the former because it is quick and cheap.

Steroids can alter this balance, driving the production of RBCs until the underlying store of iron (ferritin) is pretty much exhausted.

 

[KM2016]

so to avoid iron deficiency, it is better not donate blood unless the hematocrit is very high? above 52-54 for example, how does my doctor support?
during trt with dosages of 100.-150 x week you should never get to a hematocrit so high, then donations are more opportune for those who make steroid cycle with 1 gram and more per week

 

[Mycelium]

Natural testosterone production has a daily high in the morning and then in lowers over the day. An endocrinologist told me a daily low can be 1/2 the daily peak in the morning. Thays why getting natty test levels is usually done in the morning. My endo docs had me in as soon as the door opened. On TRT our highs and lows are over days and possibly weeks depending on the testosterone ester or blend. We have "high" testosterone at times compared to natural levels. That why we have levels that slowly go up.

 

[2pacshaq]

You dont have to donate, high hemoglobin/hematocrit cause of TRT is zero issue what so ever, new research says and the most elite doctors agree.

 

[KM2016]

You dont have to donate, high hemoglobin/hematocrit cause of TRT is zero issue what so ever, new research says and the most elite doctors agree.

thanks for the information. This is good news. can you quote the study?