Hematocrit levels

Cooper · Oct 30, 2018

At what level does your Dr require you to donate blood and on average how often to you end up donating?

Mountain Man · Oct 30, 2018

Abraham Morgantaler. Over 54

fifty · Oct 30, 2018

I donate as infrequently as I can while still saying 54 or lower. Some people find that grapefruit or grape seed extract lowers their hematocrit.

If anyone cares before trt i was 49 then 2 weeks later 51 (no intervention or changes). Then I donated blood and went on trt as i knew trt would probably raise it significantly. ~12 weeks later i was 54.5. Went to donate blood and the finger prick blood drop machine said 58. Donated blood and started grape seed extract then 2 weeks later i was down to 50.

Mountain Man · Oct 31, 2018

Keep in mind that after a few years, it may stabilize. I started at 46, bounced up to 50.5, and around two years stabilized at 46-47. Be patient. The differences can also be from how hydrated that you are.

mooseman109 · Oct 31, 2018

Defy like it at 52 and under they get nervous at higher rates. My previous doctors were good if i was 54. All of my other blood numbers are good. I, like some above, was high before trt.

Vince Carter · Oct 31, 2018

It's platelets that are the clotting factor, not HCT or the otherwise misdiagnosed PCV

Something to think about

fifty · Oct 31, 2018

Rouzier is anti donating blood and anti ai. I don’t know how much to trust him. I can’t even find the data that is mentioned in this youtube video.

Dr Justin Saya MD · Oct 31, 2018

Vince Carter said:
It's platelets that are the clotting factor, not HCT or the otherwise misdiagnosed PCV

Something to think about

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True, though it’s not clotting that is the concern with higher hematocrit (erythrocytosis). Unfortunately many get lost in the weeds debating about clotting when this isn’t the reason to be cautious about higher hematocrit. There are other reasons...