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Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Nov 7 7:35am | Replies (1078)Comment receiving replies
Hello @stellm. I am not aware of any reports of iron depletion in the blood post Pfizer vaccine and when doing a quick search for information, did not come up with any either. Conversely, there is quite a bit of information on the importance of not going into the vaccine with iron deficiency due to the way in which the vaccine works. This article can shed light on the details.
- Normal Iron and Hemoglobin Levels Are Needed for Optimizing the Response to COVID-19 Vaccination:
https://bioiron.org/news/iron-stories/normal-iron-hemoglobin-levels-covid19-vaccination.aspx
Can you start by sharing more about why this is of interest to you to perhaps bring in other members who may be able to relate?
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VAERS has had almost 500,000 reports of low hemoglobin after taking covid vaccines.
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As of Oct 22, 2021, there is a total of 612,000 COVID vaccine reports in VAERS for all adverse events.
The total of anemia reports is 2,144. This includes anemia, low hemoglobin, iron deficiency, etc.
Here are the details:
ANAEMIA 538
ANAEMIA VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY 1
BLOOD IRON 113
BLOOD IRON DECREASED 135
GLYCOSYLATED HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED 13
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED 998
IRON BINDING CAPACITY TOTAL DECREASED 7
IRON DEFICIENCY 23
IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA 52
MEAN CELL HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION DECREASED 93
MEAN CELL HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED 63
MICROCYTIC ANAEMIA 16
NEPHROGENIC ANAEMIA 1
NORMOCHROMIC ANAEMIA 2
NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANAEMIA 1
NORMOCYTIC ANAEMIA 24
PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA 5
SERUM FERRITIN DECREASED 33
TRANSFERRIN SATURATION DECREASED 26
Total 2,144
To generate a report, please visit https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D8;jsessionid=736C44E943B1163343243511E293
I was iron deficient when I got the vaccine.It's because I am recovering from anemia after being diagnosed with celiac disease but my levels were climbing.I didn't know about needing optimal iron levels for the vaccine and no one told me either.My ferratin,hemoglobin and iron have all dropped even lower than they were when I was diagnosed over 3 years ago! I am trying to see a doctor to get an iron shot.Supplements will take forever and I am sick of being tired! I sure hope this will be the end of the anemia!
If there is quite a bit of information on not having the vaccine if you have iron deficiency why is this not mentioned before they jab you ? Especially if you are a blood donor as it takes 25-30 weeks to fully restore iron levels after each donation.
Vaccinated with Covid 19 Bivalent booster months ago, was in excellent health before vaccine. I noticed Fatigue at first, then extreme fatigue,shortness of breath,racing heart rate, to name a few of my most serious symptoms. I had not seen a doctor in nine years, I had blood work done my hemoglobin level was 6.5. When I went in for the blood transfusion 4 days later my hemoglobin was 6.3. The doctors think I lost blood, but my RBC was in normal range,somehow the vaccine caused my anemia.
I had a friend who long ago got a peptic ulcer from xpili bacteria and he said he was near death.I thought I had a wheat allergy and my dr simply nodded his head that it was possible.I was able to eat fried rice until I had difficulty digesting the fried rice.I thought of my buddy and his peptic ulcer and found flagyl is the go to antibiotic.I got the nurse practitioner to prescribe flagyl and it has helped. I may consult a hematologist? I am also going to continue taking flagyl until I run out of pills.
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Yes. My husband has never had any history of anemia or low iron. He received the Pfizer vaccine in March. He began feeling more tired over the next two months. He saw his physician and she suspected some type of internal bleeding based on the blood test, He had an upper and lower endoscopy. No internal bleeding was found. They are going to try the camera endoscopy next week. We don't think this is going to reveal anything. His iron, ferritin and red blood cell count is extremely low. The only change in has been receiving the vaccine. He had normal blood work in January. Thanks