Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

Oh that's awful, I hope she gets better quickly. It took me over a year, but the worst parts only lasted about 6 months, and then it was a steady but slow improvement from there. Sending healing thoughts her way.

After reading all of your reports and comments here, I decided to look at VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D8) and search for low hemoglobin or low ferritin reports. There were 420,000 adverse events reported out of 330,000,000 Covid vaccine doses administered. Of those 778 reported low hemoglobin or ferritin, 324 of those from the Pfizer vaccine. We cannot tell from this simple search exactly when, in relation to injection, these events were reported. Now is there a cause/effect proven by reporting. To make a comparison, I also looked at reduced ferritin/hemoglobin in VAERS for the Shingrix and Quadravalent flu vaccines (with far fewer doses delivered than Covid) and found 23 for each, out of 30-40 thousand VAERS reports.

I understand that this is undoubtedly underreported, especially since the discovery is coming some time after the vaccine. So, I would say that there appears to be some indication that some people may experience lower hemoglobin at a point after vaccination. In addition, it is known that some people show lower hemoglobin after having the Covid virus (even after a mild case sometimes.)

Perhaps, at some point we will come to a better understanding of all the interactions between Covid infections, the vaccine, and our bodies.

Has anyone experienced either
1) dangerously low hemoglobin of ferritin after vaccination, or
2) numbers that are not recovering?
Sue

I reached this discussion today after searching for any connection between COVID vaccines and iron-deficiency anemia. Thanks for what you're doing!

I'm a 66-year-old male who experienced my first-ever struggle with severe iron-deficiency anemia after two doses of Moderna's MRNA COVID vaccine last year. I first experienced symptoms of fatigue on the day of my 2nd dose on 4/1/21.

After this, I had symptoms of non-aerobic tachycardia, edema, and severe fatigue. There were also brief episodes of AFIB from which I previously suffered before heart ablation resolved the issue nearly 2 years earlier. Medical attention was directed at the tachycardia, but no clear causes were identified by my cardiologist or electrophysiologist. I searched the VAERS database for reports of tachycardia and reported the same.

I received a Moderna COVID vaccine booster on 10/1/21, almost 5 months before the iron-deficiency anemia was finally diagnosed on 2/24/22. My HGB value was 5.1 g/dl. I was admitted to hospital for blood transfusions and testing. No blood loss was identified by fecal occult blood test, nor by the colonoscopy and ESG which followed.

After consulting with a hematologist, I waved off a capsule endoscopy to give iron-infusion therapy time to work. It has. After 5 infusions over 3 weeks in March/April of 2022, my HGB is above 15 g/dl for the last 3 months with normal iron levels. The symptoms of tachycardia, brief AFIB, edema, and fatigue are gone. I'm scheduled at the hematology lab tomorrow and will follow-up with the hematologist next week.

I hope this helps others who have experienced the symptoms of anemia I've described, regardless of any connection to the COVID vaccines. One other symptom that I did not realize was indicative of anemia: for the first time ever, I compulsively chewed crushed ice for nearly a year. This was not good for my teeth or bladder which is currently a bit distended. I'm pretty sure I was ingesting at least 2 gallons of water per day from ice alone!

Good luck and be well!

Update. I had a blood transfusion followed by iron tablets for several weeks.
That was from December last year. My blood tests are now normal. I have been offered another booster but I won't have it because although there is very little to find, my gut tells me it is the polyethylene glycol in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations that cause the problem. I would accept a booster of the AstraZenica but it's not on offer.
Has anyone found a link between anaemia and injected PEGs ? My doctor won't take me serious!y on this.

I received only one dose of the Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine. This vaccine does not contain PEG.

I received the vaccine in March and was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia 2 months later ( short of breath, nails splintering, hair loss, etc.). My blood work showed significantly low levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum iron, ferritin and total iron bonding capacity. I took Vitrol-C daily for 6 months and all blood rose to normal levels.

I reached this discussion today after searching for any connection between COVID vaccines and iron-deficiency anemia. Thanks for what you're doing!

I'm a 66-year-old male who experienced my first-ever struggle with severe iron-deficiency anemia after two doses of Moderna's MRNA COVID vaccine last year. I first experienced symptoms of fatigue on the day of my 2nd dose on 4/1/21.

After this, I had symptoms of non-aerobic tachycardia, edema, and severe fatigue. There were also brief episodes of AFIB from which I previously suffered before heart ablation resolved the issue nearly 2 years earlier. Medical attention was directed at the tachycardia, but no clear causes were identified by my cardiologist or electrophysiologist. I searched the VAERS database for reports of tachycardia and reported the same.

I received a Moderna COVID vaccine booster on 10/1/21, almost 5 months before the iron-deficiency anemia was finally diagnosed on 2/24/22. My HGB value was 5.1 g/dl. I was admitted to hospital for blood transfusions and testing. No blood loss was identified by fecal occult blood test, nor by the colonoscopy and ESG which followed.

After consulting with a hematologist, I waved off a capsule endoscopy to give iron-infusion therapy time to work. It has. After 5 infusions over 3 weeks in March/April of 2022, my HGB is above 15 g/dl for the last 3 months with normal iron levels. The symptoms of tachycardia, brief AFIB, edema, and fatigue are gone. I'm scheduled at the hematology lab tomorrow and will follow-up with the hematologist next week.

I hope this helps others who have experienced the symptoms of anemia I've described, regardless of any connection to the COVID vaccines. One other symptom that I did not realize was indicative of anemia: for the first time ever, I compulsively chewed crushed ice for nearly a year. This was not good for my teeth or bladder which is currently a bit distended. I'm pretty sure I was ingesting at least 2 gallons of water per day from ice alone!

Good luck and be well!

Update. I had a blood transfusion followed by iron tablets for several weeks.
That was from December last year. My blood tests are now normal. I have been offered another booster but I won't have it because although there is very little to find, my gut tells me it is the polyethylene glycol in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations that cause the problem. I would accept a booster of the AstraZenica but it's not on offer.
Has anyone found a link between anaemia and injected PEGs ? My doctor won't take me serious!y on this.

I took the first two Pfizer shots then became anemic for the first time in my life. There are no more Covid shots or boosters in my future. Wouldn't have taken the first two except I had a new grandchild being held hostage unless I was vaccinated. And, I still got Covid.