But really tho, people with high iron are good for blood donation because a lot of people are low and they more readily pass the screening tests for donation.
So yeah you can’t when your iron levels are too high but when it goes down to normal levels you can become a regular donator, which then helps keep the levels down.
With my super iron blood I can then donate blood every 8 weeks instead of the normal 12. If I am remembering that right.
Unfortuantely nothing I can do to keep it from rising. So giving blood is the only way to reduce the levels atm. Only thing you can do is reduce the amount it increases with a bit of a diet change, cutting down on meat and alcohol especially. And eating certain things that helps your body deal with iron more efficantly, like dark chocolate… I get to use the line, “my doctor told me to have this after every meal” 😂
I’m curious - why would someone need to bloodlet? I’m ignorant AF on this but I thought this was like, dark ages medicine?
It’s used therapeutically for hemochromatosis which is too much iron in your blood.
Yeah exactly this. Have the one condition were leeches would have actually been useful :D
Do you donate blood to do this or…?
I imagine they can’t because their blood is too ironic
How ironic.
But really tho, people with high iron are good for blood donation because a lot of people are low and they more readily pass the screening tests for donation.
So yeah you can’t when your iron levels are too high but when it goes down to normal levels you can become a regular donator, which then helps keep the levels down.
With my super iron blood I can then donate blood every 8 weeks instead of the normal 12. If I am remembering that right.
Nice, do you do that just to help keep it in check, or do you have other methods?
Unfortuantely nothing I can do to keep it from rising. So giving blood is the only way to reduce the levels atm. Only thing you can do is reduce the amount it increases with a bit of a diet change, cutting down on meat and alcohol especially. And eating certain things that helps your body deal with iron more efficantly, like dark chocolate… I get to use the line, “my doctor told me to have this after every meal” 😂