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Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

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Here is one of the articles I found on the issue. https://www.firstpost.com/health/study-shows-sars-cov-2-may-prevent-formation-of-red-blood-cells-lead-to-anaemia-and-organ-damage-8976191.html
It cites some other articles that were way too technical for my brain, but apparently the virus can cause mal-formed red blood cells.
And here is a case study showing a patient with normal hemoglobin on hospital admission developing anemia during the course of illness: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920303218
I hope these help. I am still looking for a case study of demonstrated anemia from the vaccine in someone who never had Covid, but none are reported yet.
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steeldove | @steeldove | Aug 2, 2021

@sueinmn After reading the November 2020 first post.com/healthI'm left wondering if the vaccines are causing similar problems, Case in pointL In July I saw my local hematologist, for my yearly visit. The visit is usually very routine as I've been taking care of my hemochromatosis and porphyria cutanea tarda for a long time and my CBC is usually picture-perfect. However, the July results raised our eyebrows.
RBC 3.43 (Range 3.80-5.40)
Hgb 9.9 (12.0-16.0)
HCT 31.4 (37.0-47.0)
MCHC 31.5 (32.0-35.9)
He said I'm anemic and losing blood somewhere. We discussed possibilities and he ordered more labs and a colonoscopy, which hasn't happened yet.I'm taking Slow Fe for 30 days before another CBC. I had MODERNA vaccine 2/6/21 and 3/6/21. On 2/10/21 I had a TAVR procedure to replace aortic valve. Since then overwhelming fatigue, bloating, loss of appetite,
Further, my hematologist and I wondered why my ferritin dropped from 97 in January to 45 in April to 21 ng/ML yesterday with no phlebotomies. That sounds good for my hemochromatosis, but it's puzzling, and we discussed whether it was in any way related to the blood loss.
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on,

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