Want to donate blood to lower my Ferritin, is it safe with lower platelets?

[Prosper127]

Here are my recent numbers


FERRITIN 380 18 - 543 ug/L

HEMOGLOBIN 152 129 - 165g/L

PLATELETS 109 155 - 372 x 10E9/L

 

[yerrag]

Too little information to work on.

Where's the rest of your CBC?

What is your serum iron? TIBC? So we can get an idea of your transferrin saturation?

There are many causes to platelets being that low, and you have to find out the root cause:

What You Need to Know About Living With Low Platelets

A low platelet count, or thrombocytopenia, is defined as having less than 150,000 platelets per microliter of blood. Learn what causes it.

www.verywellhealth.com

Still, that link isn't the be-all to it. It doesn't include a fungal parasitic as a possible cause.

 

[Prosper127]

Too little information to work on.

Where's the rest of your CBC?

What is your serum iron? TIBC? So we can get an idea of your transferrin saturation?

There are many causes to platelets being that low, and you have to find out the root cause:

What You Need to Know About Living With Low Platelets

A low platelet count, or thrombocytopenia, is defined as having less than 150,000 platelets per microliter of blood. Learn what causes it.

www.verywellhealth.com

Still, that link isn't the be-all to it. It doesn't include a fungal parasitic as a possible cause.

 

[yerrag]

Your iron levels look good. They're within optimal range. But your platelets being low, I wouldn't advise blood donation. You need to determine why your platelets are that low. Blood donation will drive them lower and it could tip you towards further imbalance. Have you seen a doctor for opinion?

Ferritin being high won't harm. It is high because the body is keeping iron away from microbes that would use it to multiply. But that is just one reason. You need to find out the cause so that you can eliminate that cause. Blood donation would not fix that cause.

 

[Prosper127]

Your iron levels look good. They're within optimal range. But your platelets being low, I wouldn't advise blood donation. You need to determine why your platelets are that low. Blood donation will drive them lower and it could tip you towards further imbalance. Have you seen a doctor for opinion?

Ferritin being high won't harm. It is high because the body is keeping iron away from microbes that would use it to multiply. But that is just one reason. You need to find out the cause so that you can eliminate that cause. Blood donation would not fix that cause.

Thanks for your insight yerrag. I recently read the book "dumping iron" where the author and many others believe that Ferritin should be 80 to 100 max.

 

[yerrag]

Thanks for your insight yerrag. I recently read the book "dumping iron" where the author and many others believe that Ferritin should be 80 to 100 max.

Your transferrin saturation at 39% though, is near the high range of 40% (based on Chris Masterjohn). And your serum iron is slightly above range where max is 18.

But your platelet count being so low and getting it lower by blood donation is, in my opinion, a bigger risk.

A recent CBC may offer some leads. Do you have one?

 

[Prosper127]

Your transferrin saturation at 39% though, is near the high range of 40% (based on Chris Masterjohn). And your serum iron is slightly above range where max is 18.

But your platelet count being so low and getting it lower by blood donation is, in my opinion, a bigger risk.

A recent CBC may offer some leads. Do you have one?

Those numbers are 2 weeks old.

 

[yerrag]

That's fine. Recent enough.