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Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jun 14 2:19pm | Replies (1057)

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@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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Replies to "@sueinmn After reading the November 2020 first post.com/healthI'm left wondering if the vaccines are causing similar..."

The November article was precvaccine, and addressed blood issues after a Covid infectiom. Is there any possibilty you had a Covid infection, possibly asymptomatic?
Or could it be related to your TAVR procedure or the new valve? Maybe you need to bring the cardiologist into the discussion too.
Just looking at possibilities here.
Sue