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How Can Blood Iron Levels Be Improved?

I have always been a blood donor however recently every time for the last three times my iron level has been too low 12.7 and needs to be 13.7 what can I do to boost my level I've had blood work done maybe about 4 mos. ago and was not aware of any deficiency
Mon, 18 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

First of all I will recommend you to see a doctor to find out why you lose iron from time to time. This is important before taking any iron supplement. There are a lot of causes that bring iron lose like: gastro-intestinal lose, menstrual lose or not absorption of iron or deficit iron in diet. After you have tried to find out why you lose iron which is not everytime possible than you should take some iron supplement. I will suggest to take this supplements for at least 3 months and than to have another analyses. Hope my advises are helpful to you.

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How Can Blood Iron Levels Be Improved?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. First of all I will recommend you to see a doctor to find out why you lose iron from time to time. This is important before taking any iron supplement. There are a lot of causes that bring iron lose like: gastro-intestinal lose, menstrual lose or not absorption of iron or deficit iron in diet. After you have tried to find out why you lose iron which is not everytime possible than you should take some iron supplement. I will suggest to take this supplements for at least 3 months and than to have another analyses. Hope my advises are helpful to you. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.