Connect
← Return to Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?
Discussion
Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (1057)Comment receiving replies
I have just had m y second lot of blood transfusions. The first was last year two months after receiving the Pfizer covid booster. I declined the invasive camera searches after I discovered an MRI scan can be used instead. There was nothing found, my fec/fit test, and the subsequent fit/fec tests have all been clear. I have no pain, swelling or any symptoms apart from the anaemia. Now they are suggesting camera work yet again so internal bleeding be ruled out. I am in Britain and have reported what I feel certain is a connection to the covid booster on the yellow card site. I am over 70 and have never had anaemia til now. Where can I get haematological information on the way to go forward without invasive procedures which are really not indicated. I'm at the end of my tether...
Replies to "I have just had m y second lot of blood transfusions. The first was last year..."
Connect
I presume that the fec/fit test in Britain is the same as 'occult blood' here in the States. You say that it has been negative. Is your 'anemia' iron deficiency or low hemoglobin/RBC. Since you got transfusions I presume that you have low hemoglobin/RBC as iron deficiency does not normally require a blood transfusion, just iron infusions.
The 'invasive' camera procedure I presume is a colonoscopy - a visual inspection of the colon for polyps and/or tumors. Why do you not wish to undergo that procedure? Yes, an MRI is one avenue but not necessarily exclusive; visual inspection _might_ uncover something the MRI reading missed; I really do not know. Have you seen a hematologist already? They would be one good source for figuring the cause of anemia. It can be complicated sometimes... for example a bone marrow test.
As to connecting your anemia to the CoViD shots, I don't think the medical community is ready to accept that for now. Be patient and work your way through the normal channels of diagnosis. I entered my iron deficiency anemia onto the VAERS system yet my initial post here {https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/iron-depletion-in-blood-and-covid-vaccine/?pg=68#chv4-comment-stream-header - June 7} was in response to a statement that there was no mention of iron depletion on the VAERS system. Perhaps forums such as this can help to correct that deficiency. :^) IR