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getting back to the original question ,does hemotacrit directly raise iron ?
trying to understand this
i was convinced my iron would be low as i am a celiac and it is very common due to malabsorbtion ,i can only think that the high hemotacrit from steroids/b-12 has raised the iron ?
I dont see how you could have a high hematocrit and not have high iron. Hemoglobin has iron in it. See Hemoglobin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I dont think a diet high in iron is going to give you a high hematocrit, but having high hematocrit is going to raise your iron levels.
I asked my cardiologist if he thought me eating a decent amount of red meat was going to raise my hct/hgb because of the extra iron and he said not to worry about it because its not very significant.