Since the Hfe gene is located on the mch 2, do you think that this is the reason why I am absorbing too much iron ? Also vitamin b12 from 200 now is at 600, the folate is once again in deficiency despite organs meat. I hipe to hear frkm you

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Still hypothyroid so it’s the same

That’s something to ask your doctor about each provider a little bit different. I usually tell my patients to take within 2 to 12 hours of the blood test.

Check your estradiol and see video on how and when

That could be connected. If you tell your doctor, they can do the appropriate testing.

@@swintegrative thank you

First thing is to find out if it’s transient or persistent elevated liver enzymes.

Well that’s a lot going on and sounds like you could use a functional or naturopathic doctor to help you navigate that. I have several videos on high homocysteine that can also help. Good luck 👍

Yes dietary changes and optimization. I have a new video coming out in about a week exploring this topic if you want to check that out. It might be useful. 👍

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It is hard to say both could be appropriate.

Well I can't give you specific advice on that situation but milk thistle is very safe

what type of food can i eat

Thank you. Yes it does!

@@swintegrative How many blood donations do you have to do before you get rid of all excess iron stored in the bodys tissues or liver? Also if your ferritin drops dramatically after each donation is that probably iron overload and if it doesnt drop much its probably inflamation causing the high ferritin instead, does that sound right.

Nope u can’t tell by how much the ferritin drops. It’s hard enough doing thorough and repeated testing.

Yes, it is common that donating blood will lead to low iron low ferritin, even though hemoglobin and red blood cells are high, and therefore those taking TRT and donating blood should be monitoring their ferritin levels in addition to automate, hemoglobin, etc. The problem is a lot of people refer to iron instead of specific terms like hemoglobin ferritin and hematocrit. So a person may be donating blood and be told their iron is high when really what they should say is your hemoglobin is high. Hopefully that makes sense. I did make a video specifically on this topic, but I forget the title of it.

@swintegrative Appreciate the response! I was set to donate again in late July, but my last blood ferritin level, which was taken about 2.5 weeks ago was 7...yes 7, very low. So I am canceling that donation. That was on a peak for me/three days after injection. My free T was at 194. One week ago, She did a re-check of ferritin, an initial iron level test(for the first time after a year of being on TRT) and another testosterone check although on a trough this time ( which is 6.5 days after injection). I should have the results tomorrow and devise a plan with them and go from there. Note: I half dose weekly/100mg a week. I only ask because my hematocrit climbs a little, but my ferritin is 7, so donating is out of the question until I raise that and also see what my iron is, which will be revealed tomorrow. My protocol listed above may be what I bring forth to them IF my iron is low as well, but thats not ALWAYS the case when you have low ferrtin, at least from what i read. I also read if you increase iron stores in the cells, providing the body needs it, it can actually decrease rbc production, so the notion that men need to constantly donate due to high hematocrit, providing their ferritin and iron is also low, should actually do the opposite. Hold onto their blood, take iron supplementation to get transported into their cells, and providing this happens, it should turn should lower rbc's. This what I've learned from a health care provider off the tube that has an extensive background in hematology and also has patients on trt. (What they claim anyways) Lactoferrin is a protein that's suppose to bind to the iron and held absorb it, then copper is suppose to help facilitate the transportation of it into the cells. Something like that anyways...this Just may be my solution I propose to them if my iron is low too. P.s. my hematocrit hangs as LOW as 15.5 and got as high as 20.3 when I tried to donate at the red cross a few weeks ago. A few days later, I drank a crap ton of water, like ALOT within a short period of time, went Into the red cross as a walk in and my hematocrit was 16.4, so, still slightly elevated but at least I was able to donate. This was RIGHT before we found out my ferritin was 7.

@@swintegrative my iron is 40L, and my ferritin is 4L. I think Im in need of an iron supplementation and to cancel all blood donations in the next 6 months lol

Some times it takes a while for your body to catch up

@swintegrative , I totally agree. When my Doctors stop my infusions after two months of them I then drop back to square one after two to three weeks of no iron infusions. I am overwhelmed and feeling defeated. Feel like it's a constant chase. I have other preexisting conditions as well that make things very complicated. Trying to be patient and hope for the best, but....

Can’t say best way to know is testing testing testing. Good luck 👍

That’s terrible

Thank you for sharing. Each persons situation is unique but there are common themes. Glad you found some solutions for your high histamine 👍

Yes it may seem fine but b12 can be much higher and serum folate does not reflect levels of active folate

@@swintegrative my homocystein was 11 and I'm an otherwise fit and healthy 29 year old.

You may want to take a look at some of the high b12 videos in more detail. High b12 is not a problem in and of itself. It’s what it may be telling you about what is happening in your body (when you don’t take b12). It’s not about the diet to eat to lower it. Although you are welcome to do that animal products have the most b12 btw. The book details the whole range of issues with b12 both high and low levels and also when your b12 levels are high in your blood but low inside the cell. A big chunk is about high B12 but a bigger chunk is about low B12. Good luck to you 👍

There’s not a special diet or food restrictions just because your B12 is high. It’s typically not caused from food consumption.

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It typically does not take more than a few weeks to see improvements and liver enzymes. Once you remove the offending agent like in your case if the nitrofuantoin was causing it, I would expect those liver enzymes to drop within a few weeks. sometimes it’s hard to get to the bottom of it though, good luck and thanks for sharing

Thanks for your response. Do you think having an occasional glass of wine can cause these enzymes to remain elevated?

Don’t forget that sometime exercise can affect these too see other videos on these.

Not sure I can, I don’t have a lot of experience with pediatrics. The fact that he is taking omeprazole suggest some food issues irrespective of the liver but could be connected. Run that by the pediatrician.

Yes indeed PCOS can create this and you also don’t need to have PCOS to have androgen excess. For instance, when women stop ovulating their relative androgen levels increase