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07-12-2018, 04:22 PM #1
Hematocrit, RBC and MCV
Hello guys, i'm on TRT and now i'm cycling with Test E 500mg/w and Tren A 100mg/EOD.
I perform monthly a blood work to monitor all my panels.
Beyond HDL decreasing ( around ~-15% ) as i expected as Tren crash HDL, i've seen my RBC count is around ~ 5.640.000 ( ref value 4.500.000 - 6.000.000 ), while my HCT is 47,5%; in past with that RBC my HCT was around ~52-53% so i compared past blood works and i've seen that difference is in MCV; now my MCV is 83 ( ref value 80 - 100 ) while in past was around ~95 and this explain the blood density i had as my red cells was bigger than now.
As i did several blood draws to lower hematocrit in a short time span, i got a light iron deficiency as expected that i treated with iron pills. I suppose this explain while my MCV is lower and so my HCT is lower even though an high RBC count ( 5.640.000 ).
Now i wonder if this HCT value ( 47,5% ) is the same a critical value as the RBC count is high even though MCV is low. What could be useful to do in this case ? If my RBC count continue to increase, it would be advisable to do another blood drain to lowering it ?
Thank you for your suggestions.
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07-13-2018, 08:49 AM #2
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07-13-2018, 09:13 AM #3
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07-13-2018, 09:18 AM #4
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07-13-2018, 09:23 AM #5
Yes Kel, i'm taking ferrograd 40. It contains 105mg of FE+2. It could be useful to take a pill per day of it ? And for how much time ?
Another question: my RBC count seems to be increasing even my HCT is not high still ( due to low MCV ). Do you think i've to refer to RBC count to decide to do another blood drain in this case, rather HCT ? Or my reference value to keep an eye is always HCT even RBC count is increasing ?
Thank you so much Kel.
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07-13-2018, 09:25 AM #6
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07-13-2018, 09:32 AM #7
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07-13-2018, 10:00 AM #8
That MCV is fine, and prevent your hct from going high. Why suspend?
Ferrograd is horrible btw. What is your iron status? I take 100mg Iron bysglicinate from Solgar weekly and that keeps my serum Fe and ferritin just normal.
I got "anemia mediterranea" my RBC counts go as high as 7.000.000 yet my HCT is normal, that's what matters.Last edited by hammerheart; 07-13-2018 at 10:03 AM.
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07-13-2018, 10:25 AM #9
I've checked my iron status some month ago and ferritin was low but in range, at low minimum threshold. Now i've not checked still as you can see in the attachment, but the other blood values target to little iron deficiency.
Why Ferrograd is horrible ?
I suppose your RBC count increased so high to compensate the lack of iron... your MCV was so low ?
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07-13-2018, 10:29 AM #10
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07-13-2018, 10:43 AM #11
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07-13-2018, 10:56 AM #12
Nope beta thalassemia is a special case, was just arguing that as long as hematocrit is normal you shouldn't bother about high RBC (but yours is still in well in range).
It's probably the B12 boosting the RBC counts in your case. As the Iron deficiency corrects, you might witness a small increase in MCV as well.
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07-13-2018, 10:59 AM #13
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07-13-2018, 11:10 AM #14
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07-13-2018, 11:32 AM #15
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07-13-2018, 11:59 AM #16
Kel non capisce
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07-13-2018, 01:09 PM #17
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07-13-2018, 02:25 PM #18
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