High hematocrit/hemoglobin

[Mike7777]

Has anyone here ever experienced this come back on blood tests? Mine will go down a bit then shoot back up. Im not sure whats causing this. I am going back to my hematologist to get more tests done, i tested negative for polycythema. He says i have secondary. My physical symptoms are head pressure, jaw pain,blurred vision, fatigue, muscle spasms. Some anxiety and panic but those have improved.

[Ragdoll15]

Could any of these symptoms you have be side effects of any medication that you are taking?

[Mike7777 in reply to Ragdoll15]

I doubt it, i only take ativan a few times a week. And baby aspirin to combat the high rbc.

[JOEDEM in reply to Mike7777]

Could be Thalasemia minor. The hematologist would likely test for that though. It’s a mild form of anemia, genetic. A high hematocrit or hemoglobin is not a huge deal in and of itself. The hematologist will test for any causes that might be concerning. When mine goes above 50, they just have me donate blood and it goes back down for a while.

It just means you have a lot of red blood cells.

May want to check your TSH (thyroid) hormone levels as well. Low thyroid can CSU’s the body to try and make up for it by producing more red blood cells

[Mike7777 in reply to JOEDEM]

I havent done any tests directly through my hematologist yet. My tsh is normal though.

[Pheebe in reply to Mike7777]

My lab results showed elevate hemoglobin and hematocrit for the first time. No call from Dr. so I guess I shouldn't worry. How are your numbers now ? You mentioned jaw pain in your original post. I have had that for 4 months and I have no idea why.

[Mike7777 in reply to Pheebe]

Havent had then tested in a few months but ive been trying to eat better and lose weight. What were your numbers?

[Pheebe in reply to Mike7777]

149 hemoglobin. 0.45 Hrmatocrit.

I live in Canada so not sure if same numbers are used

[Mike7777 in reply to Pheebe]

Hmm. Well 149 im not sure about are you sure its not 14.9? .45 hemotacrit is not high for men. Its not high unless its near .50 or over that really. Im not sure about womens levels.

[Pheebe in reply to Mike7777]

anything over 147 is high. Canada uses a different number scale

[Mike7777 in reply to Pheebe]

Yea they must lol

[bluteco in reply to JOEDEM]

I have high hemoglobin, hematocrit and ferritin is high. I’m worried, he did more test I’m not sure what they were, they haven’t come back yet, but I’m worried.

[Mike7777 in reply to bluteco]

Stay away from red meat. You could haves the genes for hemochromatosis, I had genetic testing done and am at risk of developing it. What are you exact numbers? For hemo/hematocrit?

[bluteco in reply to Mike7777]

white blood count is 9.60

red blood count is 5.38

Hemoglobin 15.0

Hermatocrit 46.1

Ferritin 201

Reading the Internet these levels have me so scared

[Mike7777 in reply to bluteco]

Dont look up stuff like this on the internet. Your doctor should tell you the normal ranges on your blood test results. How old are you? I will tell you right now those results are all within normal range. My hemoglobin was 18.1 last month and hemato was 51. You literally have nothing to worry about. If you want to keep me posted on your levels feel free but those are all normal.

[Bud221977 in reply to bluteco]

What were the results if you don't mind me asking I have high hemoglobin just recently discovered