What do you guys think of those being elevated on TRT. It is very common and considered to be “secondary erythrocytosis”.
So what ends up happening is guys see this high and donate blood and end up taking their ferritin(like me)
And apparently that range is bull****. And even having 54 hematocrit, 6* rbc . And 18 hemoglobin has never resulted in any issues in the absence of elevated WBC and platelets.
Not really sure why it raises on trt I don’t think we know for sure, it could be adaptive. Just more blood bc of more testosterone. May have to do with reduced hepcidin, and iron can get stored in the cells as easily and is free floating which lets more go towards raising hemoglobin. Many argued the elevated hematocrit is actually beneficial and life extending. But drs will freak out if it goes to 53+.
Donating is dangerous especially on trt, bc of the reduced hepcidin, once ferritin is tanked it will be harder to get up(from what I’ve gathered, I don’t claim to know this all)
IMO tanked ferritin is worse then slightly elevated rbc hemo.
There is no epidemic at all of men dying of heart related issues on Test with those elevated levels. Ppl in higher altitudes have those higher levels and in some areas of the world the range goes to 61.
What do you guys think of elevated rbc hemoglobin etc?
So what ends up happening is guys see this high and donate blood and end up taking their ferritin(like me)
And apparently that range is bull****. And even having 54 hematocrit, 6* rbc . And 18 hemoglobin has never resulted in any issues in the absence of elevated WBC and platelets.
Not really sure why it raises on trt I don’t think we know for sure, it could be adaptive. Just more blood bc of more testosterone. May have to do with reduced hepcidin, and iron can get stored in the cells as easily and is free floating which lets more go towards raising hemoglobin. Many argued the elevated hematocrit is actually beneficial and life extending. But drs will freak out if it goes to 53+.
Donating is dangerous especially on trt, bc of the reduced hepcidin, once ferritin is tanked it will be harder to get up(from what I’ve gathered, I don’t claim to know this all)
IMO tanked ferritin is worse then slightly elevated rbc hemo.
There is no epidemic at all of men dying of heart related issues on Test with those elevated levels. Ppl in higher altitudes have those higher levels and in some areas of the world the range goes to 61.
What do you guys think of elevated rbc hemoglobin etc?