← Return to Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

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@merpreb

Hello- It's nice to meet you. I don't know how often you donate blood and/or the amount. Although you continually make red blood cells donating blood does lower your iron count and can, after time present a problem.

If You have symptoms other than fatigue or no symptoms at all then I suggest you get some blood work done.

Because I have lung cancer I can't donate blood, but I did for my son-in-law during the Iraq war. I felt so proud.

When did you start donating blood?

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So I’m a nurse, I’m aware of the impacts of blood donation. I donate typically 2-3 times per year and have always had a relatively high hemoglobin. I’m also careful to increase my heme iron intake around those times. I’ve been donating blood for 22 years