My new labs from yesterday indicate high hematocrit = 52.3% (37.5-51).
Baseline was:
49.2 on 11/30/12
47.9 on 4/13/13
49.6 on 5/3/13
49.2 on 6/6/13
I searched and found the only way to lower it to give blood, but I saw a few posts that said they were turned away from giving blood due to the high hematocrit.
Anyone know how high is too high for giving blood?
Also, how many times should I give blood before my hematocrit should return to normal levels?